ventricose
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ven·tri·cose
(vĕn′trĭ-kōs′) also ven·tri·cous (-kəs)adj.
Inflated, swollen, or distended, especially on one side: the ventricose gullet of an insect.
[New Latin ventricōsus, from Latin venter, ventr-, belly.]
ven′tri·cos′i·ty (-kŏs′ĭ-tē) n.
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ventricose
(ˈvɛntrɪˌkəʊs) orventricous
adj
1. (Botany) botany zoology anatomy having a swelling on one side; unequally inflated: the ventricose corolla of many labiate plants.
2. (Zoology) botany zoology anatomy having a swelling on one side; unequally inflated: the ventricose corolla of many labiate plants.
3. (Anatomy) botany zoology anatomy having a swelling on one side; unequally inflated: the ventricose corolla of many labiate plants.
4. another word for corpulent
[C18: from New Latin ventricōsus, from Latin venter belly]
ventricosity n
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ven•tri•cose
(ˈvɛn trɪˌkoʊs)adj.
1. protuberant on one side.
2. having a large abdomen.
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| Adj. | 1. |  ventricose - having a swelling on one side; "the ventricose gullet of an insect"biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals protrusive - thrusting outward |
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