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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