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 →

2) In a flower, the ovary is the part at the base that holds the seeds before they grow; it becomes the fruit. tree →

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 →
• After pollination, the ovary becomes a fruit. tree →
• A woman has two ovaries. tree →
• Inside the ovary are tiny ovules that become seeds. tree →
• We cut the flower open to see the ovary. tree →
• Ovaries make egg cells. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ovary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.