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Definition of: ovary
(ō′və·rē) noun plural ·ries
1. Biol. The genital gland of female animals in which are produced the essential reproductive elements or ova. In the higher vertebrates there are two.
2. Bot. In angiospermous plants, that portion of the pistil or gynoecium in which the ovules are contained. [<NL ovarium <L ovum an egg]
—o·var′i·an, o·var′i·al adjective
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