meaning of follicle

1. A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.
2.
A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle.
3.
A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.
4.
A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle.
5.
any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity


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