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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.
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.