Emily Dickinson Lexicon

O'VA-RY, n. [Fr. ovaire; L. ovarium, from ovum, an egg.]

1. The part of a female animal in which the eggs are formed or lodged; or the part in which the fetus is supposed to be formed. Encyc. Coxe.
2. In botany, a hollow case or covering inclosing ovula. It contains one or more cavities called cells. Lindley.