Main Entry: ova·ry

Pronunciation: \ˈō-və-rē, ˈōv-rē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural ova·ries

Etymology: New Latin ovarium, from Latin ovum egg

Date: 1658

1 : one of the typically paired essential female reproductive organs that produce eggs and in vertebrates female sex hormones
2 : the enlarged rounded usually basal portion of the pistil or gynoecium of an angiospermous plant that bears the ovules and consists of one or more carpels — see flower illustration