Filament vs Ovary - What's the difference?
filament | ovary |
A fine thread or wire.
Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
(physics, astronomy) A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward from the surface of the sun, or such as those (much larger) ones which form the boundaries between large voids in the universe.
(botany) The stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther.
(textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.
(anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
(botany) The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.
In botany terms the difference between filament and ovary
is that filament is the stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther while ovary is the lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.As nouns the difference between filament and ovary
is that filament is a fine thread or wire while ovary is a female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.filament
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(en noun)- solar filament
- galaxy filament
- the Ursa Major Filament
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(wikipedia ovary)Noun
(ovaries)- The male testicles are homologous to the female ovaries .
