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# ovary

«ovary» in Mova's school dictionary: **one of the organs that make egg cells** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an ovary, ovaries)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In female animals and people, an ovary is one of the organs that make egg cells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ovary/#m1)

2) In a flower, the ovary is the part at the base that holds the seeds before they grow; it becomes the fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ovary/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on plants, the parts of a flower include petals, stamen, stigma, style and ovary; after pollination, the ovary grows into a fruit. In health lessons, women have two ovaries.

### examples

- The ovary is at the bottom of the flower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ovary/#x1)
- After pollination, the ovary becomes a fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ovary/#x2)
- A woman has two ovaries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ovary/#x3)
- Inside the ovary are tiny ovules that become seeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ovary/#x4)
- We cut the flower open to see the ovary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ovary/#x5)
- Ovaries make egg cells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ovary/#x6)

### note

Plural: ovaries (y to ies). Begins with a vowel sound: "an ovary". Related: ovum (egg cell), ovule.

### In the corpora

- [After fertilisation the ovules become seeds and the flower's ovary, the swollen bottom part of the pistil, grows into a fruit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/23-flowers-and-seeds/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ovary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ovary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.