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 breed. ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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
noun a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974