Meanings
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1
noun
A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
Each hair grows from a follicle in the skin.
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2
noun
A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.
The milkweed fruit is a dry follicle that splits along one side.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
small sac
Word family
Derived forms
fibrofolliculomafollicle-challengedfolliclyfolliculatedfolliculomamicrofollicleprefolliclepseudofollicle
Related forms
follicularfolliculitis
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin folliculus.