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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