pore : Idioms & Phrases

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germ pore

  • noun a pore in the outer wall of a spore or pollen grain through which the germ tube or pollen tube makes its exit on germination
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pore fungus

  • noun woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent
    polypore; pore fungus.
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pore mushroom

  • noun woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent
    polypore; pore fungus.
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poring over

  • noun reading carefully with intent to remember
    perusal; perusing; studying.
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water pore

  • noun a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants
    water stoma; hydathode.
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Wa"ter pore`
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  1. (Zoöl.) A pore by which the water tubes of various invertebrates open externally.
  2. (Bot.) One of certain minute pores in the leaves of some plants. They are without true guardian cells, but in other respects closely resemble ordinary stomata. Goodale.
Webster 1913