Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
ovant |
adjective |
Exultant. |
ovary |
noun |
That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower., The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of Discophora. |
ovate |
adjective |
Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest., Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal. |
overt |
adjective |
Open to view; public; apparent; manifest., Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason. |
ovile |
adjective |
See Ovine. |
ovine |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to sheep; consisting of sheep. |
ovist |
noun |
Same as Ovulist. |
ovoid |
adjective |
Alt. of Ovoidal, A solid resembling an egg in shape. |
ovolo |
noun |
A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column. |
ovule |
noun |
The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen., An ovum. |
ovula |
plural |
of Ovulum |
ovums |
plural |
of Ovum |