ovarium

American  

[oh-vair-ee-uhm] / oʊˈvɛər i əm /

noun

Archaic.

• ovaria
  plural

1. ovary.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ovaria
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of ovarium

From New Latin, dating back to 1685–95; see origin at ovary

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Example Sentences

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ovarium ovaria

It has also some affinity with Passifloraceæ, and Papayaceæ, in the nature of the fruit, and with Aristolochiaceæ, in its twining habit, and inferior ovarium.

From Theory and Practice, Applied to the Cultivation of the Cucumber in the Winter Season To Which Is Added a Chapter on Melons by Thomas Moore

The ovarium dropsy defies the power of medicine.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by William Withering

Kolreuter and Gartner have proved that with some plants several, even as many as from fifty to sixty, pollen-grains are necessary for the fertilisation of all the ovules in the ovarium.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin

The ovarium dropsy is generally slow in its progress; for a considerable time the patient though somewhat emaciated, does not lose the appearance of health, and the urine flows in the usual quantity.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by William Withering

In some cases only a single anther is left, and this contains but few pollen-grains of diminished size; in other cases the stigma has disappeared, leaving a simple open passage into the ovarium.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin

One would think that in such large fish the ovaria would be much more easily distinguished than in smaller specimens.

From Essays in Natural History and Agriculture by Thomas Garnett

So in the male Ibla, part of the ovaria, in a modified condition, is still present, and serves as a cementing apparatus.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin

I did not see any ovaria, but this could hardly have been expected in specimens in a dried condition, without they had happened to have been in a gorged condition.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin

It seems to me more probable that the gemmules affect the ovaria alone.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin

The large ends, which hang loose, terminate in open mouths, the margins of which consist of fimbriated processes, and nearly touch the ovaria.

From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Charles Knowlton

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