| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | o·va·ry |
| PRONUNCIATION: |    v -r |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. o·va·ries
1. The usually paired female or hermaphroditic reproductive organ that produces ova and, in vertebrates, estrogen and progesterone. 2. Botany The ovule-bearing lower part of a pistil that ripens into a fruit. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin v rium, from Latin vum, egg. See awi- in Appendix I.
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