ovaries

/OW1 V ER0 IY0 Z/

noun

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

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