OVARY


Meaning of OVARY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈō-və-rē, ˈōv-rē ]

noun

( 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.