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ovary
| ovate
| ovate leaf
| ovate-acuminate
| ovate-cylindraceous
| ovate-lanceolate
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ovary has 2 senses
- ovary(n = noun.plant) - the organ that bears the ovules of a flower; is a part of bloom, blossom, flower
- ovary(n = noun.body) - (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone; has parts: arteria ovarica, ovarian artery, graafian follicle
is a kind of reproductive structure
has parts: placenta
is a part of female reproductive system
is a kind of female internal reproductive organ, gonad, sex gland
Derived form adjective ovarian1
CIDE DICTIONARY
ovary, n. [NL. ovarium, fr. L. ovum egg: cf. F. ovaire. See Oval.].
- That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower. [1913 Webster]
- The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of Discophora. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ovary, n. (pl. -ies)
1 each of the female reproductive organs in which ova are produced.
2 the hollow base of the carpel of a flower, containing one or more ovules.
1 each of the female reproductive organs in which ova are produced.
2 the hollow base of the carpel of a flower, containing one or more ovules.
Derivative
ovarian adj. ovariectomy n. (pl. -ies) (in sense 1). ovariotomy n. (pl. -ies) (in sense 1). ovaritis n. (in sense 1).
Etymology
mod.L ovarium (as OVUM)
THESAURUS
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, yoniROGET THESAURUS
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Organization
N organization, organized world, organized nature, living nature, animated nature, living beings, organic remains, fossils, protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein, albumen, structure, organization, organism, biology, natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology, naturalist, archegenesis, antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph, ecology, oecology, erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination, isogamy, oogamy, karyaster, macrogamete, microgamete, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote, Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism, morphology, taxonomy, organic, organized, karyoplasmic, unsegmentic, vacuolar, zoogloeic, zoogloeoid.
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