2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Follicle \Fol"li*cle\, n. [L. folliculus a small bag, husk, pod,
dim of follis bellows, an inflated ball, a leathern money
bag, perh. akin to E. bellows: cf F. follicule. Cf 2d
{Fool}.]
1. (Bot.) A simple podlike pericarp which contains several
seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in
the peony, larkspur and milkweed.
2. (Anat.)
a A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as a hair
follicle.
b A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.
c A small mass of adenoid tissue; as a lymphatic
follicle.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
follicle
n : any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
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