ovaries

o·va·ry   (ō'və-rē)    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.]

ovaries

sing. ovary

The paired organs in the female reproductive system that produce ova and release certain hormones, such as estrogen.

ovary 

Main Entry: ova·ry
Pronunciation: 'Ov-(&-)rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ries
: one of the typically pairedessential 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) longsuspended 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

ovary o·va·ry (ō'və-rē)
n.
One of the paired female reproductive organs that produce ova and certain sex hormones, including estrogen. Also called oophoron.

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o·var'i·an (ō-vâr'ē-ən) adj.