ovary
1. the organ that bears the ovules of a flower • Hypernyms: reproductive structure • Part Holonyms: flower, bloom, blossom • Part Meronyms: placenta 2. (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone • Derivationally related forms: ovarian • Topics: vertebrate, craniate • Hypernyms: female internal reproductive organ, gonad, sex gland • Part Holonyms: female reproductive system • Part Meronyms: ovarian artery, arteria ovarica, Graafian follicle
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