ostiole

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ostiolum. === Noun === ostiole (plural ostioles) (mycology) A small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores. (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. ==== Derived terms ==== ostiolar ostiolate === Anagrams === Osloite, looties, oolites, oölites, stoolie, toolies == French == === Noun === ostiole m or f (plural ostioles) ostiole === Further reading === “ostiole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012