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Webster 1913 Edition


Follicle

Fol′li-cle

,
Noun.
[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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Follicle

FOL'LICLE

,
Noun.
[L. folliculus, from follis, a bag or bellows.]
1.
In botany, a univalvular pericarp; a seed vessel opening on one side longitudinally, and having the seeds loose in it.
2.
An air bag; a vessel distended with air; as at the root in Utricularia, and on the leaves in Aldrovanda.
3.
A little bag, in animal bodies; a gland; a folding; a cavity.

Definition 2024


follicle

follicle

English

A hair follicle and nearby structures

Noun

follicle (plural follicles)

  1. (anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
  2. (botany) A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.

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