OVARY

Ovary

The ovary is an ovum-producing reproductive organ, often found in pairs as part of the vertebrate female reproductive system. Ovaries in female individuals are analogous to testes in male individuals, in that they are both gonads and endocrine glands.

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ovary

Noun

  1. A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
    The male testicles are homologous to the female ovaries.
  2. The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.


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