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Ostiole vs Orifice - What's the difference?

ostiole | orifice |

As nouns the difference between ostiole and orifice

is that ostiole is (mycology) a small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores while orifice is a mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc; an opening; as,.

ostiole

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia ostiole)
  • (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

    Anagrams

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    orifice

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as,
  • * the orifice of an artery or vein
  • * the orifice of a wound