ovary
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ovary /ˈəʊv(ə)ri/
▶noun (pl. ovaries)
- 1 a female reproductive organ in which ova or eggs are produced.
- 2 Botany the base of the carpel of a flower, containing one or more ovules.
– derivatives
ovaritis noun.
ovaritis noun.
– origin C17: from mod. L. ovarium, from L. ovum ‘egg’.
'ovary' also found in these Oxford entries:
carpel
- caryopsis
- corpus luteum
- cypsela
- epigynous
- false fruit
- gonad
- Graafian follicle
- gymnosperm
- inferior
- loculus
- lodicule
- oocyte
- oophorectomy
- oophoritis
- ovarian
- oviduct
- ovulate
- ovule
- pericarp
- pistil
- placenta
- style
- superior
