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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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