Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ostiole
n 1: a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of
certain algae and fungi through which spores pass