graafian follicle

English Thesaurus

1. a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg (noun.body)

hypernym	:	follicle,
definition	:	any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity (noun.body)

part holonym	:	corpus luteum,
definition	:	yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun (noun.body)

part meronym	:	ovary,
definition	:	(vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone (noun.body)