Look up: Ostiole

1. ostiole
   1. A neck-like structure in an ascocarp, lined with pariphyses, and terminating in a pore. 2. The opening of a pycnidium.
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2. ostiole
   [n] - a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass
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3. ostiole
   an opening through which spores are shed from an ascocarp or pycnidium,or other closed fructification Category: Botany and zoology
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
4. Ostiole
   Os'ti·ole noun [ Latin ostiolum a little door, dim. of ostium a door: confer French ostiole .] (Botany) (a) The exterior opening of a stomate. See Stomate . (b) Any small orifice.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/39
   
   
5. ostiole
   An opening or pore. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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6. ostiole
   noun a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass
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7. Ostiole
   • (n.) Any small orifice. • (n.) The exterior opening of a stomate. See Stomate.
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8. ostiole
   an opening or pore, in fungi and lichens, a pore at the apex of a perithecium through which spores are extruded. adj. ostiolar.
   Found on http://www.anbg.gov.au/glossary/webpubl/
   
   
9. Ostiole
   An `ostiole` is a small hole or opening through which algae or date=November 2007--> 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 breed.
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostiole