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Ostiole

Ostiole Meaning & Definition
Ostiole Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ostiole?

[n] a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass

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Ostiole In Webster's Dictionary

\Os"ti*ole\, n. [L. ostiolum a little door, dim. of ostium a door: cf. F. ostiole.] (Bot.) (a) The exterior opening of a stomate. See {Stomate}. (b) Any small orifice.

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