ˈventricous, a. rare.
[See -ous.]
= ventricose a., in various senses.
| 1702 E. Baynard Cold Baths (1709) ii. 341 Such Children..are usually ventricous, and not so agil and nimble as other Children. 1828–32 Webster, Ventricous, in botany, bellied; distended; swelling out in the middle; as, a ventricous perianth. 1850 Ogilvie, Ventricous,..in conchology, applied to shells which are inflated, or which swell in the middle. |