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.
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