ostiole
ostiole noun: a small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores.
Noun
ostiole (plural ostioles)
- A small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores.
- The Erysiphacae may possibly have given rise to the Laboulbeniales, the only other group in which a single daughter cell of the oogonium is responsible for the asci, and perhaps to the lower Pyrenomycetes also; these, like the Erysiphaceae, have regularly arranged asci, and in Chaetomium fimete the...2010, Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Fungi: Ascomycetes, Ustilaginales, Uredinales, page 54
- 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.
ostiole meaning in Tamil
ostiole in Tamil
- சிறுவாயில், நுண்துளை
Forms of ostiole
| plural | ostioles |
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Origin of ostiole
Borrowed from Latin ostiolum.
Words formed from ostiole
Questions about ostiole
- What does ostiole mean?
- Ostiole means a small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores.
- What is ostiole in Tamil?
- Ostiole in Tamil is சிறுவாயில், நுண்துளை. See Ostiole meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ostiole?
- Ostiole is a noun.
- What is the plural of ostiole?
- The plural of ostiole is ostioles.
Words near ostiole in the dictionary
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