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A small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass
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ostiole
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n. a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass
Wikipedia
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An ostiole is a small hole or opening through which algae or fungi release their mature spores . The term is also used in higher plants , for example to denote the opening of the involuted fig inflorescence through which fig wasps enter to pollinate and ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 (context mycology English) A small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores. 2 (context botany English) A similar hole or opening in plants, such as the opening of the involuted fig inflorescence through which fig wasps ...
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Ostiole \Os"ti*ole\, n. [L. ostiolum a little door, dim. of ostium a door: cf. F. ostiole.] (Bot.) The exterior opening of a stomate. See Stomate . Any small orifice.