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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The shell is of a reddish colour, ventricose, and girt with elevated lines, about a quarter of an inch apart.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Robert Fitzroy
Glumes roundish, unequal, purplish, very concave or ventricose, 3–5-nerved; the flowering ventricose on the back, heart-shaped at the base, papery-membranaceous and becoming dry, scarious-margined, obscurely many-nerved; the palet much smaller, ovate, flat.
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 Asa Gray
Shell ventricose, with elongated aperture, and short spire; proboscis and siphon long; operculum with marginal nucleus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
Leaves decurrent at the folds, the lower lobe incurved and ventricose; underleaves usually present, entire or bifid.
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 Asa Gray
Shell ventricose, with fulvous spots and white bands; spire slender, acute; suture entire.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
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