Usually means: Opening in capsule releasing spores.
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  1. exostome: Merriam-Webster
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  4. Exostome, exostome: Dictionary.com
  5. Exostome: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. exostome: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Exostome: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. exostome: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Exostome: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (exostome)

▸ noun:  (botany) The small aperture or foramen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.

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endostome, exostema, ostiole, stoma, exothecium, exotesta, exosporium, exopodite, ovulum, peristoma, more...

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endostome, exostema, ostiole, stoma, exothecium, exotesta, exosporium, exopodite, ovulum, peristoma, more...



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