OSTIOLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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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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