ovary
A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
Example
“The male testicles are homologous to the female ovaries.”
Other meanings
The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.
A kind of
- reproductive structure
Related words
- ovarial
- ovarialgia
- ovaried
- ovariole
- ovaryless
- periovary
- ovarian
- Chinese hamster ovary cell
- ovariectomy
- ovaritis
- polycystic ovary syndrome
Word history
From Latin "ovum" (egg).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ovary” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.