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o·va·ry

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–noun, plural -ries.

1.	Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.

2.	Botany. the enlarged lower part of the pistil in angiospermous plants, enclosing the ovules or young seeds.

[Origin: 1650–60; < NL ōvārium. See ovum, -ary

]

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o·va·ry Audio Help (ō'və-rē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. o·va·ries

The usually paired female or hermaphroditic reproductive organ that produces ova and, in vertebrates, estrogen and progesterone.
Botany The ovule-bearing lower part of a pistil that ripens into a fruit.

[New Latin ōvārium, from Latin ōvum, egg; see awi- in Indo-European roots.]

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ovary

1658, from Mod.L. ovarium "ovary" (16c.), from M.L. ovaria "the ovary of a bird" (13c.), from L. ovum "egg," from PIE *owyo-/*oyyo- "egg" (see egg). In classical L., ovarius meant "egg-keeper." Ovarian (adj.) is attested from 1840.

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ovary
noun
1.	the organ that bears the ovules of a flower
2.	(vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone

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ovary [ˈəuvəri] noun — plural ˈovaries

the part of the female body in which eggs are formed

Arabic:	مَبيض
Chinese (Simplified):	卵巢
Chinese (Traditional):	卵巢
Czech:	vaječník
Danish:	æggestok; ovarium
Dutch:	eierstok
Estonian:	munasari
Finnish:	munasarja
French:	ovaire
German:	der Eierstock
Greek:	ωοθήκη
Hungarian:	petefészek
Icelandic:	eggjastokkur
Indonesian:	indung telur
Italian:	ovaia

Japanese:	卵巣
Latvian:	olnīca
Lithuanian:	kiaušidė
Norwegian:	eggstokk, ovarium
Polish:	jajnik
Portuguese (Brazil):	ovário
Portuguese (Portugal):	ovário
Romanian:	ovar
Russian:	яичник
Slovak:	vaječník
Slovenian:	jajčnik
Spanish:	ovario
Swedish:	äggstock, ovarium
Turkish:	yumurtalık

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The reproductive organ in female animals that produces eggs and the sex hormones estrogen and progesterone. In most vertebrate animals, the ovaries occur in pairs. In mammals, the ovaries contain numerous follicles, which house the developing eggs (oocytes). See more at menstrual cycle , ovulation.
The part of a carpel or of a gynoecium made of fused carpels that contains the ovules in a flower. The ovary is located at the base of the carpel and ripens into a fruit after fertilization of one or more of the ovules. See more at flower.

ovarian adjective (ō-vâr'ē-ən)

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o·va·ry (v-r)
n.

One of the paired female reproductive organs that produce ova and certain sex hormones, including estrogen. Also called oophoron.

o·vari·an (

-vâr

n) adj.

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Main Entry: ova·ry
Pronunciation: 'Ov-(&-)rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ries
: one of the typically paired essential female reproductive organs that produce eggs and in vertebrates female sex hormones, that occur in the adult human as oval flattened bodies about one and a half inches (four centimeters) long suspended from the dorsal surface of the broad ligament of either side, that arise from the mesonephros, and that consist of a vascular fibrous stroma enclosing developing egg cells

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Ovary

Mes`o*va"ri*um\, n. [NL. See Meso-, and Ovary.] (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum connecting the ovary with the wall of the abdominal cavity.

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