# Keel

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/keel
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Adjective: keeled

- a ridge, usually on the back, like the [keel](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/keel "a ridge, usually on the back, like the keel of a boat;") of a boat;
- the two [fused](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/fused "joined and growing together.") [anterior](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/anterior "towards or in the front; that side of a flower away from the main axis.") [corolla](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/corolla "the petals collectively.") segments of the [flower](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/flower "the sexual reproductive structure of the Magnoliopsida (Angiosperms) usually consisting of gynoecium, androecium, and perianth.") of Fabaceae (Papilionaceae).

## Related terms

- [Corolla](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/corolla)