ovary

IPA: ˈoʊvɝi

noun

  • (anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
  • (botany) The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.
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Examples of "ovary" in Sentences

  • The inferior ovary is bluntly angled.
  • The protein was also present in the ovary.
  • The style connects the stigma to the ovary.
  • The seeds are embedded in the common flesh of the ovary.
  • Sometimes the base of the ovary is circled by a nectary disk.
  • In mammals, oogenesis occurs in the ovarian follicle of the ovary.
  • An ultrasound is used to view the ovary in diagnosing the condition.
  • At the center of the flower is a ring of stamens around the central ovary.
  • Oogonia are the promordial germ cells that proliferate in the fetal ovary.

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