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Meaning of "ventricose" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VENTRICOSE

From New Latin ventricōsus, from Latin venter belly.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VENTRICOSE

ventricose  [ˈvɛntrɪˌkəʊs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VENTRICOSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ventricose is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VENTRICOSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ventricose

In mycology, Ventricose is a condition in which the cystidia, lamella or stipe of a mushroom is swollen in the middle.

Definition of ventricose in the English dictionary

The definition of ventricose in the dictionary is having a swelling on one side; unequally inflated.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VENTRICOSE


arkose
ˈɑːkəʊs
bellicose
ˈbɛlɪˌkəʊs
cicatricose
sɪˈkætrɪˌkəʊs
floccose
ˈflɒkəʊs
fruticose
ˈfruːtɪˌkəʊs
fucose
ˈfjuːkəʊs
jocose
dʒəˈkəʊs
kos
kəʊs
mucose
ˈmjuːkəʊs
succose
ˈsʌkəʊs
varicose
ˈværɪˌkəʊs
verrucose
ˈvɛrʊˌkəʊs
viscose
ˈvɪskəʊs
vorticose
ˈvɔːtɪˌkəʊs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VENTRICOSE

ventricle
ventricosity
ventricous
ventricular
ventricular fibrillation
ventricule
ventriculi
ventriculography
ventriculus
ventriloqual
ventriloquial
ventriloquially
ventriloquise
ventriloquism
ventriloquist
ventriloquist´s dummy
ventriloquistic
ventriloquize
ventriloquous
ventriloquy

WORDS THAT END LIKE VENTRICOSE

arose
choose
chose
close
corticose
cose
dextroglucose
glucose
glycose
hose
lose
muscose
on the loose
on the nose
purpose
rose
suffruticose
talcose
those
whose

Synonyms and antonyms of ventricose in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ventricose» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VENTRICOSE

Find out the translation of ventricose to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ventricose from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ventricose» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ventricose
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ventricose
570 millions of speakers

English

ventricose
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ventricose
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منتفخ الجانب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вздутые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ventricose
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ফীতোদর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ventricose
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ventricose
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ventricose
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ventricose
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ventricose
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ventricose
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ventricose
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ventricose
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेन्ट्रिकोज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ventricose
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ventricose
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wybrzuszone
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

роздуті
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ventricose
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ventricose
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ventricose
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

ventricose
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ventricose
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ventricose

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VENTRICOSE»

The term «ventricose» is used very little and occupies the 172.305 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VENTRICOSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ventricose» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ventricose» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ventricose

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VENTRICOSE»

Discover the use of ventricose in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ventricose and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Veiled Species of Hebeloma in the Western United States
The fusoid- ventricose type (fig. A\3) apparently arises from the basidiole-type by elongation of the apical region of the cell to produce a ± narrow neck tapered to a more or less obtuse apex. At this stage of development it may be confused with ...
Alexander Hanchett Smith, Vera Stucky Evenson, Duane H. Mitchel, 1983
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A General History of the Dichleamydeous Plants ... Arranged ...
glabrous, twining; root fibrous; leaves from broad-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminated; peduncles many-flowered; calycine вед— ments subulate, recurved at apex; corolla clavate, hardly ventricose at the base: segments of` the limb ...
George Don, 1838
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Vol. II. - Caclyciflorae
Legume many-seeded, rather spherical, and very obtuse. Shrubs, with impari- pinnate or palmately 3-5-foliate leaves, and yellow flowers. 19 Burt'r'oxm. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Petals about equal in length. Legume roundish, rather ventricose.
‎1832
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Professional Paper - United States Geological Survey
Subtriangular, subequilateral, ventricose; anterior side cuneiform or subro- strated, posterior end regularly rounded; ligament margin very oblique; base regularly and profoundly rounded; umbonal slope abruptly rounded; summit prominent, ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1909
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Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of the Pacific ...
Subtriangular, subequilateral, ventricose; anterior side cuneiform or subro- strated, posterior end regularly rounded; ligament margin very oblique; base regularly and profoundly rounded; umbonal slope abruptly rounded; summit prominent, ...
William Healey Dall, 1909
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A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants
33 C. nAPumrLoaA; leaves 4 in a whorl, short, glabrous, acerose, erectly spreading; bracteas sessile; calycine segments lacerated a little; flowers terminal, usually by fours; corollas with an ovate ventricose tube, and a spreading obtuse limb.
George Don, 1834
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
ARCOPAGIA Leach. Arcopagia medialis (PI. II, fig. 6). — Oval, both valves slightly ventricose anteriorly; upper valve much contracted or concave toward the umbonal slope, which is angulated; postumbonal slope slightly contracted in the  ...
‎1909
8
Arctic and Alpine Mycology 6
16. Cystidia either narrowly lageniform or ± vesiculose, veil present, evanescent 16. Cystida different, ±ventricose-capitate, veil present or absent 17 18 17. Cystidia lageniform (ventricose-cylindric) and narrow, veil evanescent 17. Cystidia ...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and ...
M. beak dilated and repand ; spire recurved and slightly crowned. American ocean. Exceedingly rare. antiguus. * 82. M. beak dilated ; (hell oblong •, 8 round whirls, first ventricose ; 4 to 6 inches long. European seas, Scotland. defpe&us. * 83.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, James Millar, 1810
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
Ventricose, with alternate varices, decussated strias, and transverse nodulous ribs ; inner lip with a transverse callosity, and the beak short. South sea. Lister, t. 960. f. 13. fiscellum. • 88. Ovate, longitudinally plaited, and transversely ribbed ...
‎1823

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VENTRICOSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ventricose is used in the context of the following news items.
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Torrance eighth-grader to compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
The pronouncer gave the next word — “ventricose” — and he nailed it. “I was happy, but also really shocked,” said Timothy, an eighth-grader at Calle Mayor ... «Los Angeles Daily News, May 14»

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