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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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 William Swainson
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
P. 1-2 cm. conical then convexo-plane, viscid, striate, grey, livid, rosy, &c.; g. free, ventricose, saffron-ochre; s. thin, pulverulent, subincurved, white; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. 1-2 cm. conico-campan. fragile, slightly striate, viscid at the apex, creamy yellow; g. free, ventricose, becoming ochre; s. slender, elongated, pruinose at the apex, white; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Shell ventricose, thin and smooth, with wide aperture; foot large and thick, without operculum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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