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- Follicle - n. - A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.
- Follicle - n. - A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle.
- Follicle - n. - A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.
- Follicle - n. - A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle.
- Conceptacle - n. - A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles.