o·va·ry (  v -r )n. pl. o·va·ries 1. The usually paired female or hermaphroditic reproductive organ that produces ova and, in vertebrates, estrogen and progesterone. 2. Botany The ovule-bearing lower part of a pistil that ripens into a fruit. [New Latin v rium, from Latin vum, egg; see awi- in Indo-European roots.] |
ovary [ˈəʊvərɪ]
n pl -ries
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) either of the two female reproductive organs, which produce ova and secrete oestrogen hormones
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the corresponding organ in vertebrate and invertebrate animals
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany the hollow basal region of a carpel containing one or more ovules. In some plants the carpels are united to form a single compound ovary
[from New Latin ōvārium, from Latin ōvum egg]
ovarian [əʊˈvɛərɪən] adj
| ovary (v-r) 1. The reproductive organ in female animals that produces eggs and the sex hormones estrogen and progesterone. In most vertebrate animals, the ovaries occur in pairs. In mammals, the ovaries contain numerous follicles, which house the developing eggs (oocytes). See more at menstrual cycleovulation 2. The part of a carpel or of a gynoecium made of fused carpels that contains the ovules in a flower. The ovary is located at the base of the carpel and ripens into a fruit after fertilization of one or more of the ovules. See more at flower. ovarian adjective ( -vâr-n) |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  ovary - the organ that bears the ovules of a flowerblossom, flower, bloom - reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts reproductive structure - the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction placenta - that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form |
| 2. | ovary - (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium arteria ovarica, ovarian artery - the artery that branches from the aorta and supplies blood to the ovaries female reproductive system - the reproductive system of females female internal reproductive organ - the reproductive organs of a woman Graafian follicle - a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg |
ovary noun
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adjective ovarian
adjective ovarian
Translations
ovary
n
(Anat) → Eierstock m
(Bot) → Fruchtknoten m
n ovary [ˈəuvəri]
the part of the female body in which eggs are formed. eierstok, ovarium مَبيض яйчник vaječník æggestok; ovarium der Eierstock ωοθήκη ovario munasari تخمدان munasarja ovaire שַׁחֲלָה अण्डाशय jajnik petefészek indung telur eggjastokkur ovaia 卵巣 난소 kiaušidė olnīca ovari eierstok eggstokk, ovarium jajnik ovário ovar яичник vaječník jajčnik jajnik äggstock, ovarium รังไข่ของสตรี yumurtalık 卵巢 яєчник بيضہ داني buồng trứng 卵巢
ovary → مِبْيَض vaječník æggestok Eierstock ωοθήκη ovario munasarja ovaire jajnik ovaio 卵巣 난소 ovarium eggstokk jajnik ovário яичник äggstock รังไข่ของสตรี yumurtalık buồng trứng 卵巢
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