ovary
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- noun
- /ˈoʊvəri/
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ovario
- The botanical claim was not in dispute; tomatoes, as the seed-bearing ripened ovary of a flower, are fruits.
- Chinese hamster ovary
- hamster ovary
Examples
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In sedges, the developed ovary provides a thin coat over the seed and can be rubbed off, while in grasses, the fruit (called a grain) consists of a seed fused with its surrounding ovary.
Academic text (1992) -
The ovary of the flower contains the ovules that will develop into seeds after fertilization.
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Their fruits (the developed ovaries and the seeds they contain) consist of small, dry capsules encasing many tiny seeds.
Academic text (1992) -
Within the corolla, the pistil and stamens represent another contraction to be followed by the expansion of the ovary into the fruit and, finally, the contraction into the ovule.
Blog text (30) -
Second, a developing egg is held in an ovarian capsule, and a large empty capsule is found in the ovary for a short period of time following extrusion of the egg from that capsule (Fig. 2E).
Academic text (1993) -
After pollination, the ovary grows and eventually transforms into the fruit of the plant.
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In botany, the ovary is the part of the flower that develops into a fruit once fertilization occurs.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ovary comes from the Latin word ovum, meaning 'egg'. In a flower the ovary holds the tiny 'eggs' (ovules) and then grows into the fruit after pollination, which is why that part is called the ovary.