ventricose
Americanadjective
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swollen, especially on one side or unequally; protuberant.
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having a large abdomen.
adjective
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botany zoology anatomy having a swelling on one side; unequally inflated
the ventricose corolla of many labiate plants
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another word for corpulent
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ventricose
From the New Latin word ventricōsus, dating back to 1750–60. See venter, -ic, -ose 1
Example Sentences
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P. exp. obtuse, edge striate, ochre-tan; g. ventricose, rusty; s. fistulose, thin, wavy, glabrous, white. rubricata, B. and Br.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Soft-puberulent, 1° high; leaves ovate or oblong, or the lower broadly lanceolate and the upper cordate-clasping, mostly sharply toothed; thyrse short; corolla 2´ long, broadly ventricose, dull purple or whitish.—Prairies,
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Shell ovate-globose, smooth; spire ventricose, obtuse; beneath the epidermis, purple; aperture blackish purple; outer lip thin, the margin reflected.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
Shell ventricose; base with a short canal, which is either emarginate or truncate; external lip dilated into a simple wing, notched at the base, and prominent above.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
Entirely rusty, stipitate; p. oblique, almost glabrous; g. sinuato-free, ventricose; s. very excentric, short, base dilated, incurved; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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