About The Word Ovary
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Ovary
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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}.
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