follicle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin folliculus.
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Noun[edit]
follicle (plural follicles)
- (anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, p. 345,
- He could feel the follicles in his inner ear go crazy.
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, p. 345,
- (botany) A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.
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