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# {{lb|en|anatomy}} A [[female]] [[reproductive organ]], often [[paired]], that produces [[ova]] and in mammals [[secrete]]s the [[hormone]]s [[estrogen]] and [[progesterone]].
# {{lb|en|anatomy}} A [[female]] [[reproductive organ]], often [[paired]], that produces [[ovum|ova]] in most animals, and in [[mammal]]s, [[secrete]]s the [[hormone]]s [[estrogen]] and [[progesterone]].
#: {{ux|en|The male testicles are homologous to the female '''ovaries'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|The male testicles are homologous to the female '''ovaries'''.}}
# {{lb|en|botany}} The lower part of a [[pistil]] or [[carpel]] that [[bear]]s [[ovule]]s and [[ripen]]s into [[fruit]].
# {{lb|en|botany}} The lower part of a [[pistil]] or [[carpel]] that [[bear]]s [[ovule]]s and [[ripen]]s into [[fruit]].
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====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|ovarium}}
* {{l|en|ovarium}}

====Hypernyms====
* {{l|en|internal genitalia}}


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====Derived terms====
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* Italian: {{t+|it|ovario|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|ovario|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|子房|tr=しぼう, shibō|sc=Jpan}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|子房|tr=しぼう, shibō|sc=Jpan}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|sēklotne|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|wharekano}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|wharekano}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ovário|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ovário|m}}

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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ovary (plural ovaries)

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

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