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Pollinate vs Ostiole - What's the difference?

pollinate | ostiole |

As a verb pollinate

is to apply pollen to (a stigma).

As an adjective pollinate

is pollinose.

As a noun ostiole is

a small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores.

pollinate

English

Verb

(pollinat)
  • To apply pollen to (a stigma).

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (zoology) Pollinose.

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    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

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