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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Ovary \O"va*ry\, n.; pl. {Ovaries}. [NL. ovarium, fr. L. ovum egg: cf. F. ovaire. See {Oval}.] 1. (Bot.) That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of {Flower}. 2. (Zo[94]l. & Anat.) The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of {Discophora}. | |
