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ostiole


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ostiole  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ostiole 
  n  :  a  small  pore  especially  one  in  the  reproductive  bodies  of 
  certain  algae  and  fungi  through  which  spores  pass 




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