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What is the meaning of follicle?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 6/24/2021

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

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