{ } a. [ NL. ventricosus, fr. L. venter belly. ] (Nat. Hist.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ventricose shell. (Zool.) (a)A spiral shell having the body whorls rounded or swollen in the middle.(b)A bivalve shell in which the valves are strongly convex. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ぼうしつ, boushitsu] (n) (1) room; chamber; (2) monk in charge of business in the monks' quarters; (3) bedroom (of a married couple); (4) locule (in a plant ovary); (5) atria and ventricles[Add to Longdo]