ovary

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Definition

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

From New Latin ovarium, from Medieval Latin ovaria (“bird ovary”), from Latin ovum (“egg”). Doublet of ovarium.

Then, with my ovaries ripening, he'd lured me here using Sarah. — Life Blood, Thomas Hoover
A decided worm feature is the fact that they are hermaphrodites, each individual having ovaries and spermaries, as is the case with many worms. — Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses, A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
Must we accept the view of Empedocles of Trinacria that the right ovary (the postmenstrual period, assert others) is responsible for the birth of males or are the too long neglected spermatozoa or nemasperms the differentiating factors or is it, as most embryologists incline to opine, such as Culpepper, Spallanzani, Blumenbach, Lusk, Hertwig, Leopold and Valenti, a mixture of both? — Ulysses, James Joyce

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