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Carina   Listen
noun
Carina  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A keel.
(a)
That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification.
(b)
A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
2.
(Zool.) The keel of the breastbone of birds.





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"Carina" Quotes from Famous Books



... child's sake. But the novelty wore off from this new plaything, as it had from the others, though it lasted longer than anything else ever had, and then Ralph's absences from the ranch became more and more frequent and of longer duration. I cared little for this, as it enabled me to take Carina to my father's ranch, where I forgot for the time being the emptiness of the home to which we must ...
— The Lever - A Novel • William Dana Orcutt
... "Forgive me, carina mia" he cried, repentantly. "I did not mean to reproach you. You cannot help being beautiful—it is the fault of God or the devil that you are so, and that your beauty maddens me! You are the heart of my heart, the soul of my soul! Oh, Nina mia, let us not waste words ...
— Vendetta - A Story of One Forgotten • Marie Corelli


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