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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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Word Origin & History

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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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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