Ovarium

When the ovarium is short and oval the interior structure does not differ from that of _C. maxima_ and _pepo_, but when it is elongated the carpels occupy only the terminal and swollen portion. ❋ Charles Darwin (1845)

"As the ovarium is a part not necessary to life, and dropsies of this kind are so generally fatal in the end, I think I shall be induced, notwithstanding the hazard attending wounds, which penetrate the cavity of the abdomen, to propose the extirpation of the diseased part in the first case, which occurs to me, in which I can with precision say, that the ovarium is the seat of the disease, and the patient in other respects tolerably healthy; as the cavity of the abdomen is often opened in other cases without bad consequences." ❋ Erasmus Darwin (1766)

a female and esteemed a great prize, for I had discovered that the eggs found in the ovarium were a great luxury in the bush; and afforded us a light and palatable breakfast for several days. ❋ Thomas Mitchell (1823)

Using simple instructions like "become huge", Osmos also has some twists with anti-matter orbs to avoid; "repulsors" that magnetically bounce away from you, and a sentient "ovarium", which merrily swims after you until you get too big, when it runs away. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thus in plants, the office of the pistil is to allow the pollen-tubes to reach the ovules within the ovarium. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now although it is most probable, from the number of eggs found in one district being so extraordinarily great in proportion to the parent birds, and likewise from the state of the ovarium of the hen, that she may in the course of the season lay a large number, yet the time required must be very long. ❋ Unknown (2003)

She had been allowed to enter the ovarium only once in her life and it had been made quite clear to her that it was to be only that once. ❋ Asimov, Isaac, 1920- (1955)

The population, not many to be sure, had been moved closer toward the center and the quota for the next session at the ovarium had been cut. ❋ Asimov, Isaac, 1920- (1955)

If the sperm-cell travels to the ovarium it generally takes from three to five days to make the journey. ❋ B. G. Jefferis (N/A)

The most remarkable tree is one foliis alternis bistipulat; corymbis denis, Calycibus hinc fissis, petalis 5-albis, Antherae sinuosae columna terminans, et ovarium et stigma occultantes? fructibus pendulis stipilatis ovato oblongis, carpellis 5-latere marginatus. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)

Stamen 4, connectivo ultra antheras longe producto, ovarium adnatum, foliis oppositis, exstipulatis. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)

The calyx is adnate in relation to the ovarium, limb very short, but free and five-toothed; the corolla is funnel-shaped, but split at the back, causing it to appear one-sided. ❋ John Wood (N/A)

Now, it although is most probable, from the number of eggs found in one district being so extraordinarily great in proportion to the parent birds, and likewise from the state of the ovarium of the hen, that she may in the course of the season lay a large number, yet the time required must be very long. ❋ Unknown (1909)

There must sometimes be a physical impossibility in the male element reaching the ovule, as would be the case with a plant having a pistil too long for the pollen-tubes to reach the ovarium. ❋ Unknown (1909)

If so, the position of the ovules, even when one is erect and the other suspended within the same ovarium, would follow from the selection of any slight deviations in position which favoured their fertilisation, and the production of seed. ❋ Unknown (1909)

In the common rue and some other plants, one flower, usually the central or terminal one, opens first, and has five sepals and petals, and five divisions to the ovarium; whilst all the other flowers on the plant are tetramerous. ❋ Unknown (1909)

In certain whole groups of plants the ovules stand erect, and in others they are suspended; and within the same ovarium of some few plants, one ovule holds the former and a second ovule the latter position. ❋ Unknown (1909)