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noun. One of the paired female reproductive organs that produce eggs and female sex hormones in humans and other vertebrates.

noun. An analogous gland in an invertebrate animal, such as a flatworm or a mollusk.

noun. The ovule-bearing lower part of a pistil that ripens into a fruit.

noun. That part of a female animal in which ova, eggs, or germs are generated and matured; the essential female organ of reproduction, corresponding to the testes of the male; the female genital gland or germ-gland; the ovarium.

noun. In botany, a closed case or receptacle, the lower section of the pistil, inclosing the ovules or young seeds, and ultimately becoming the fruit.

Of or pertaining to an ovation.

noun. That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of flower.

noun. The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of Discophora.

noun. A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

noun. The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.

noun. the organ that bears the ovules of a flower

noun. (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone