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Ovary Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ovary? [n] one of usually two organs that produce ova and (in vertebrates) secrete estrogen and progesterone [n] the organ that bears the ovules of a flower Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ovary: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ovary: bag \| ballocks \| balls \| basket \| beard \| breasts \| cervix \| clitoris \| cod \| cods \| cullions \| family jewels \| female organs \| genitalia \| genitals \| gonads \| labia \| labia majora \| labia minora \| lingam \| lips \| male organs \| meat \| nuts \| nymphae \| penis \| phallus \| private parts \| privates \| privy parts \| pubic hair \| pudenda \| reproductive organs \| rocks \| scrotum \| secondary sex characteristic \| sex organs \| spermary \| testes \| testicles \| uterus \| vagina \| vulva \| womb \| yoni See Also \| arteria ovarica \| bloom \| blossom \| female internal reproductive organ \| female reproductive system \| flower \| gonad \| Graafian follicle \| ovarian artery \| placenta \| reproductive structure Ovary In Webster's Dictionary \O"va*ry\, n.; pl. {Ovaries}. [NL. ovarium, fr. L. ovum egg: cf. F. ovaire. See {Oval}.] 1. (Bot.) That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of {Flower}. 2. (Zo["o]l. & Anat.) The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of {Discophora}.

Ovary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ovary?

[n] one of usually two organs that produce ova and (in vertebrates) secrete estrogen and progesterone
[n] the organ that bears the ovules of a flower

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Ovary In Webster's Dictionary

\O"va*ry\, n.; pl. {Ovaries}. [NL. ovarium, fr. L. ovum
egg: cf. F. ovaire. See {Oval}.]
1. (Bot.) That part of the pistil which contains the seed,
   and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See
   Illust. of {Flower}.

2. (Zo["o]l. & Anat.) The essential female reproductive organ
   in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of
   {Discophora}.

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