Associations to the word «Ostiole»
Wiktionary
OSTIOLE, noun. (mycology) A small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores.
OSTIOLE, noun. (botany) A similar hole or opening in plants, such as the opening of the involuted fig inflorescence through which fig wasps enter to pollinate and breed.
Dictionary definition
OSTIOLE, noun. A small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.