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. fleshy-ochre or buff-yellow, dotted with flecks; g. free, ventricose; s. slightly squamulose, shining white, often compr. base cottony.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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
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
Shell globose, wrinkled, olive; spire prominent, acute, the whorls ventricose; margin of the aperture thick, fulvous, grooved; umbilicus small, linear, near the middle of the inner lip; operculum shelly.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III 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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