Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ovary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ovary \O"va*ry\, n.; pl. {Ovaries}. [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}.
2. (Zo["o]l. & Anat.) The essential female reproductive organ
in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of
{Discophora}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ovary
n 1: the organ that bears the ovules of a flower
2: one of usually two organs that produce ova and (in
vertebrates) secrete estrogen and progesterone
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