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ovary

ova.ry \'o-v-(*-)re-\ n [NL ovarium, fr. L ovum egg] 1: the typically 
   paired essential female reproductive organ that produces e ggs and in 
   vertebrates female sex hormones 2: the enlarged rounded usu. basal portion 
   of the pistil or gynoecium of an  angiospermous plant that bears the ovules 
   and consists of one or more carpels