ostiole

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,.

As nouns the difference between breed and ostiole

is that breed is all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies while ostiole is a small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores.

As a verb breed

is to produce offspring sexually; to bear young.

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.

In botany terms the difference between inflorescence and ostiole

is that inflorescence is flower cluster while ostiole is 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.

As nouns the difference between fig and ostiole

is that fig is a fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics while ostiole is a small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores.

As a verb fig

is to insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.

As a verb involuted

is (involute).

As a noun ostiole is

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

In botany terms the difference between plant and ostiole

is that plant is an organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism while ostiole is 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.

As nouns the difference between plant and ostiole

is that plant is an organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree while ostiole is a small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores.

As a verb plant

is to place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.

As nouns the difference between spore and ostiole

is that spore is spore while ostiole is (mycology) a small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores.

As nouns the difference between mature and ostiole

is that mature is masts (of a ship) while ostiole is (mycology) a small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores.

As nouns the difference between fungi and ostiole

is that fungi is plural of lang=en while ostiole is a small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores.