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ventricose, a. (vɛntrɪˈkəʊs) [ad. mod.L. ventricōsus, f. L. ventr-, venter belly venter1: see -ic and -ose.] 1. Swelling out in the middle, or on one side, after the manner of an animal's belly; bellied, protuberant, strongly convex. a. Bot. (esp. of the corolla or calyx).1756 J. Hill Hist. Plants 1...
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Ventricose
Mycology
In mycology, ventricose is a condition in which the cystidia, lamella or stipe of a mushroom is swollen in the middle. Gastropods
In gastropods, if the shell of a snail is ventricose or subventricose, it means the whorl of the shell is swollen.
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ventriose
† ventriˈose, a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. ventriōs-us, f. ventri-, venter belly.] a. Bot. = ventricose a. 1 a. b. ‘Gorbellied’ (1727 in Bailey, vol. II).1707 Sloane Jamaica (1725) II. 60 Pods..having here and there eminences over the peas within, or being ventriose. Ibid. 59 Smooth ventriose pods.
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Peperomia ventricosicarpa
Etymology
Ventricosicarpa came from the word "ventricose". Ventricose defines as swollen or inflated on one side.
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ventrose
venˈtrose, a. rare—0. [ad. late L. ventrōs-us, f. venter belly.] (See quot. and ventricose a.)1859 Mayne Expos. Lex., Ventrosus, having a belly, or swellings like the belly; ventrose. Hence venˈtrosity, corpulence. (1891 in Cent. Dict.)
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Buchwaldoboletus sphaerocephalus
The pores are small, tubes short, adnate ventricose, and context yellow, bluing when bruised. The stipe is fleshy, ventricose, and there is a yellow mycelium at the stipe base.
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ventricous
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...
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Vexillum piceum
Description
The shell is abbreviately fusiform, somewhat ventricose.
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Pleurotomella lucasii
The whorls of the teleoconch are ventricose. They are almost unbroken on the ventricose body whorl, while crossed frequently above by irregular liral riblets on the upper whorls.
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Gymnopilus luteofolius
The cystidia on the gill edge (cheilocystidia) measures 23–28 x 4–7 μm, ventricose to flash shaped, often capitate. Cystidia on the stipe (caulocystidia) are 20–63 x 3–15 μm, club shaped, ventricose or flask shaped.
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Vexillum obtusispinosum
The body whorl is ventricose to the middle, contracted anteriorly.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Guam.
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Daphnella ticaonica
The whorls are rather ventricose and spirally irregularly ridged. The interstices between the ridges are very minutely latticed. The sinus is small.
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Marasmius cladophyllus
A characteristic feature of the mushroom is the prominent ventricose (vein-like) pattern of the gills.
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Rhodopetoma renaudi
The body whorl is angular, ventricose, much produced and narrow below, smooth, except for very faint incremental lines. The species is distinguishable by the smooth, ventricose body whorl, sharply angulated whorls, nodose angle, and a long siphonal canal.
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Urosalpinx curtansata
(Original description) The shell is rather thin, biconical, ventricose and oval. It contains five whorls, rather convex, impressed at the suture. The body whorl is ventricose, gradually attenuated anteriorly into a short blunt siphonal canal.
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