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o⋅va⋅ry

  [oh-vuh-ree]
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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   (ō'və-rē)   
n.   pl. o·va·ries

  1. The usually paired female or hermaphroditic reproductive organ that produces ova and, in vertebrates, estrogen and progesterone.

  2. 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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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
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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.

o·var'i·an (ō-vâr'ē-ən) adj.

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ovary   (ō'və-rē)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. 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.

  2. 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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