Ovary

Ovary [ Botany ]

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	The enlarged, rounded basal portion of a carpel or a group of fused carpels (the pistil) usually at the bottom of the flower which contains one or more egg cells (ovules).

The ovary wall eventually develops into a fruit and the ovules contained within the locule(s) develops into seeds after being fertilized.

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