Usually means: Swollen or enlarged in middle.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word ventricose:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. ventricose: Merriam-Webster
  2. ventricose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ventricose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ventricose: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ventricose: Vocabulary.com
  6. ventricose: Wordnik
  7. ventricose: Wiktionary
  8. ventricose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ventricose: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. ventricose: Dictionary.com
  11. Ventricose: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Ventricose: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. ventricose: Rhymezone
  14. Ventricose: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. ventricose: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ventricose: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. ventricose: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ventricose: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ventricose: Medical dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Bryological (No longer online)
  3. Ventricose: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ventricose)

▸ adjective:  distended; corpulent
▸ adjective:  (mycology) Broadest in the middle and tapering toward the ends

Similar:
protrusive, ventricous, ventrose, hyperdistended, distent, swollen, tumid, turgid, distended, overdistended, more...

Opposite:
concave, flat, sunken

Types:
dilation, distention, enlargement, swelling, bulge, protrusion, tumor, more...

Phrases:
ventricose shell, more...

Adjectives:
last, little, lower, whorl, inferior, ovate, short, valves

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Similar:
protrusive, ventricous, ventrose, hyperdistended, distent, swollen, tumid, turgid, distended, overdistended, more...

Opposite:
concave, flat, sunken

Types:
dilation, distention, enlargement, swelling, bulge, protrusion, tumor, more...

Phrases:
ventricose shell, more...

Adjectives:
last, little, lower, whorl, inferior, ovate, short, valves



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