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Ovary

//ˈoʊvəɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

    "The male testicles are homologous to the female ovaries."

  2. 2
    (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone wordnet
  3. 3
    The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.
  4. 4
    the organ that bears the ovules of a flower wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin ovarium, from Medieval Latin ovaria (“bird ovary”), from Latin ovum (“egg”). Doublet of ovarium.

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