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Webster 1913 Edition
Ventricous
{
Ven′tri-coseˊ
,Ven′tri-cous
, }Adj.
[NL.
ventricosus
, fr. L. venter
belly.] (Nat. Hist.)
Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular;
as, a
. ventricose
corollaVentricose shell
. (Zool.)
(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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ventricous
VEN'TRICOUS
,Adj.
In botany, bellied; distended; swelling out in the middle; as a ventricous perianth.
Definition 2024
ventricous
ventricous
English
Adjective
ventricous (comparative more ventricous, superlative most ventricous)
- Alternative form of ventricose