Ovary

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.


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     2. (Zool. & Anat.) The essential female reproductive organ in
        which the ova are produced. See Illust. of {Discophora}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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