n.
Pronunciation: ' ō -v ə -r ē , ' ō v-r ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ries
Etymology: New Latin ovarium, from Latin ovum egg
Date: 1658
1 : one of the typically paired essential female reproductive organs that produce eggs and in vertebrates female sex hormones
2 : the enlarged rounded usually basal portion of the pistil or gynoecium of an angiospermous plant that bears the ovules and consists of one or more carpels ― see FLOWER illustration