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Ovary n. (pl. ovaries)

(Bot.) That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit.

(Zool. & Anat.) The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced.

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Etymology of 'Ovary'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... is a flat structure with two nerves, similar to the glume in texture. This is called the palea. The fourth glume and its palea adhere together by their margins. Inside the fourth glume and between it and the palea there are three stamens and an ovary with two styles ending in feathery stigmas. Just in front of the ovary and outside the stamens two very small scale-like bodies are found. These are the lodicules. They are fleshy and well developed in flowers that are about to open. In the spikelet there is only one full ...

— A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses • Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

... abortions and stillbirths. In his opinion it was the duty of medical men to point out to the public that physiological laws could not be broken with impunity. It had been observed that if the doe were withheld from the buck at oestral periods atrophy of the ovary took place. In this connection Dr. Gibbons recalled a large number of patients who had used contraceptives in early married life, and subsequently had longed in vain for a child. This applied also to those who had decided, ...

— Birth Control • Halliday G. Sutherland

Words linked to "Ovary" : reproductive structure, sex gland, Graafian follicle, placenta, bloom, gonad, blossom, female internal reproductive organ, arteria ovarica