<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>the enlarged, muscular, expandable portion of the oviduct in which the fertilized ovum implants and develops or rests during prenatal development; the womb of certain mammals.</li><li>the part of the ovary of flowering plants that bears the ovules.</li><li>(in ferns and related plants) the tissue giving rise to sporangia.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>