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Ventricose Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Alt. of Ventricous
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAlt. of Ventricous
ventricose
\ven"tri*cose`\ (?), ventricous \ven"tri*cous\ (?), ] a. [nl. ventricosus, fr. l. venter belly.] (nat. hist.) swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla.
ventricose
shell. (zo?l.) (a) a spiral shell having the body whorls rounded or swollen in the middle. (b) a bivalve shell in which the valves are strongly convex.
ventricose
adj : (biology; anatomy) having a swelling on one side; "the ventricose gullet of an insect" [syn: ventricous]
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ventricose shell
Adjective
1. having a swelling on one side; "the ventricose gullet of an insect"
(synonym) ventricous
(similar) protrusive
(classification) biology, biological science
Ventricose Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In mycology, Ventricose is a condition in which the cystidia, lamella or stipe of a mushroom is swollen in the middle.
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