Ovary vs. Ovum

Ovary and Ovum Definitions
Ovary
One of the paired female reproductive organs that produce eggs and female sex hormones in humans and other vertebrates.
Ovum
The mature female gamete of an animal; an egg.
Ovary
An analogous gland in an invertebrate animal, such as a flatworm or a mollusk.
Ovum
(cytology) The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
Ovary
(Botany) The ovule-bearing lower part of a pistil that ripens into a fruit.
Ovum
A more or less spherical and transparent cell, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.
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Ovary
(anatomy) 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.
Ovum
One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.
Ovary
(botany) The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.
Ovum
The female reproductive cell; the female gamete
Ovary
That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower.
Ovary
The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of Discophora.
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Ovary
The organ that bears the ovules of a flower
Ovary
(vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone