ventricose in English
adjective
1
having a protruding belly.
The term is also used when something is only swollen on one side, giving the ventricose object a profile like a person with a beer-belly.
2
distended, inflated.
In most cases, even slender specimens are generally shorter and more ventricose than typical fulica.
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1. SubCampanulate definition is - somewhat ventricose at the base and usually slightly recurved at the margin : not quite bell-shaped
2. The adjective Campanulate describes the calyx and corolla of certain flowers that are characterized by a broad tube more or less ventricose at the base, terminating with little recurved lobes, shaped like a bell or campana; Resembling in shape a flower of the genus Campanula.