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OSTIOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ostiole mean?
• OSTIOLE (noun)
The noun OSTIOLE has 1 sense:
1. a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass
Familiarity information: OSTIOLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("ostiole" is a kind of...):
pore (any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal)
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