ventricose
/ˈventrəˌkōs
/adjective
1Having a protruding belly.The term is also used when something is only swollen on one side, giving the ventricose object a profile like a person with a beer-belly.
2 Botany Distended, inflated.In most cases, even slender specimens are generally shorter and more ventricose than typical fulica....
- In B. flabellifer the stem is not ventricose and the leaves have fewer, less rigid leaflets, forming a deeply grooved surface.
Origin
Mid 18th century: formed irregularly from ventricle + -ose1.
- southernmost
- southernness
- Southern Ocean
- Southern Oscillation
- southern pine
- Southern Pines
- southern red lily
- Southern Rhodesia
- southern sea lion
- southern-side
- southern state
- Southern Tier
- southern-tinted
- Southern Triangle
- southernwood
- Southeyan
- Southey, Robert
- south-facing
- Southfield
- south-following
- South Gate
- South Georgia
- South Glamorgan
- south-going
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