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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Shell ventricose, with short spire, and wide aperture; no varices and no operculum; foot very broad, with projecting anterior angles; siphon long.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
Shell ventricose, the base lengthened; aperture longer than broad; outer lip slightly emarginate.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II 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
A. Shell cinereous-white, with two narrow brown bands, spire elongated, straight; volutions seven, slightly ventricose, inner lip rosy, base of the columella straight, entire, aperture ovate-oblong.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
P. fragile, conico-convex, at length umb. glabrous, silky-shining; g. ventricose, crowded, dingy then flesh-colour; s. fistulose, equal, compr. glabrous, striate, pallid; sp. 7-10. nidorosum, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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