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Parovarium :: Parovarium (n.) A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct; the epoophoron..

Ovary :: Ovary (n.) The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of Discophora.

Turbinated :: Turbinated (a.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root..

Inferior :: Inferior (a.) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx..

Epicarp :: Epicarp () The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.

Mesoarium :: Mesoarium (n.) The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity.

Syncategorematic :: Syncarpous (a.) Composed of several carpels consolidated into one ovary.

Ovarial :: Ovarial (a.) Of or pertaining to an ovary.

Spermaphore :: Spermaphore (n.) That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta.

Pericarp :: Pericarp (n.) The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume..

Superior :: Superior (a.) Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it..

Pseudovary :: Pseudovary (n.) The organ in which pseudova are produced; -- called also pseudovarium.

Loculus :: Loculus (n.) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.

Epigynous :: Epigynous (a.) Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk..

Ovarium :: Ovarium (n.) An ovary. See Ovary.

Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) A central cord of the ovary of nematodes.

Parietal :: Parietal (a.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta..

Pistil :: Pistil (n.) The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary..

Parietes :: Parietes (n. pl.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.

Endocarp :: Endocarp (n.) The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.

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