ventricose

• Adjetivo raro e erudito que descreve algo inchado, intumescido ou dilatado, especialmente na parte média, semelhante a um ventre ou barriga.

An obsolete adjective describing something that is swollen, bulging, or distended, especially in the middle.

1. Swollen or bulging on one sideC2formal

   Having a swelling or bulge on one side, often used in botany or zoology to describe a shape.

   Inchado de um lado

   • The stem of the plant was ventricose, bulging noticeably on one side.
   • The insect's abdomen was ventricose, indicating it had recently fed.
   • In the botanical description, the leaf base was described as ventricose.

   Sinônimosbulginggibbousprotuberantswollentumid