Follicle
Follicle , noun
[Latin folliculus a small bag, husk, pod, dim of follis bellows, an inflated ball, a leathern money bag, perh. akin to English bellows: compare French follicule. Compare 2d Fool.]
1.
(Botany) A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.
2.
(a) (Anatomy) A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle.
(b)
(Anatomy) A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.
(c)
(Anatomy) A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle.