ventricose

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English

Adjective

ventricose (comparative more ventricose, superlative most ventricose)

  1. distended; corpulent
  2. (mycology) Broadest in the middle and tapering toward the ends

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Italian

Adjective

ventricose

  1. feminine plural of ventricoso

Latin

Adjective

ventricōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of ventricōsus