ovarium
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of ovarium
From New Latin, dating back to 1685–95; see origin at ovary
Example Sentences
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Certain bodies, which during their early development cannot be distinguished by any external character from true ovules, nevertheless must be classed as buds, for though formed within the ovarium they are incapable of fertilisation.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles
The ovarium, in such cases, is frequently abortive; and the seeds, when prolific, are generally much fewer than where the flowers are single.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
The most remarkable tree is one foliis alternis bistipulat; corymbis denis, Calycibus hinc fissis, petalis 5-albis, Antheræ sinuosæ columna terminans, et ovarium et stigma occultantes? fructibus pendulis stipilatis ovato oblongis, carpellis 5-latere marginatus.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William
The longest diameter of the ovarium is about an inch.
From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Knowlton, Charles
Her disease appeared to me a dropsy of the right ovarium.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William
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