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Ovary![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Ovary \O"va*ry\ ([=o]"v[.a]*r[y^]), n.; pl. Ovaries ([=o]"v[.a]*r[i^]z). [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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool. & Anat.) The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of Discophora. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
ovary
n 1: the organ that bears the ovules of a flower
2: (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and
secrete estrogen and progesterone
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 45 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 Matching Word(s) Vary Oary Otary vary
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