ventricose

• +Stem+ 2 to 4 inches long, ¾ to ½ inch thick, swollen in the middle (ventricose), covered with a bloom (pruinose), stuffed and then hollow, tapering toward the apex, colored like the cap. —  Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners
• +Gills+ free, ventricose, narrowing at both ends, thin, first a pink color, then afterward brown or blackish-brown. —  Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners
• +Gills+ free, ventricose, 4 lines broad, shining white. —  Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners
• A broad compressed projecting process on the middle of the back Habitat: Bass Strait, 45 fathoms The cells in this species are small, inflated or ventricose, and as it were sub-globular above, becoming much attenuated below--but the cavity of the cell does not appear to extend into this contracted portion, in which is contained the connecting tube strengthened by calcareous matter--the inferior continuation of the lateral alae, which descend from the base of the avicularium. —  Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1
• Campanulate: bell-shaped: more or less ventricose at the base and a little recurved at the margin. —  Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms