Ventricose
Ventricose is an adjective describing the condition of a mushroom, gastropod or plant that it is "swollen, distended, or inflated especially on one side".[1]
Mycology
In mycology, ventricose is a condition in which the cystidia, lamella or stipe of a mushroom is swollen in the middle.
Gastropods
In gastropods, if the shell of a snail is ventricose or subventricose, it means the whorl of the shell is swollen.
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gollark: It just can't remove columns or change their type or anything.
gollark: Oh, actually, yes, renaming tables is one of the few things it can do to them.
gollark: SQLite can't rename tables as far as I know.
gollark: SQLite doesn't actually support it.
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