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
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.