Definition of follicle

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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..

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Ovisac :: Ovisac (n.) The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle.
Ovisac :: Ovisac (n.) A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova.
Follicle :: 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..
Operculum :: Operculum (n.) Any lidlike or operculiform process or part; as, the opercula of a dental follicle..
Ovicapsule :: Ovicapsule (n.) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.
Folliculous :: Folliculous (a.) Having or producing follicles.
Dehiscence :: Dehiscence (n.) A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents..
Follicle :: Follicle (n.) A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.
Follicle :: Follicle (n.) A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle..
Conceptacle :: 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..
Crypt :: Crypt (n.) A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the crypts of Lieberk/hn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines..
Interfollicular :: Interfollicular (a.) Between follicles; as, the interfollicular septa in a lymphatic gland..
Folliculated :: Folliculated (a.) Having follicles.
Follicle :: Follicle (n.) A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle..
Follicular :: Follicular (a.) Affecting the follicles; as, follicular pharyngitis..
Follicular :: Follicular (a.) Like, pertaining to, or consisting of, a follicles or follicles..
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots..
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