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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Follicle

/fäl'-ək-əl/ · Fol·li·cle · IPA /ˈfɑlɪkəl/
01 n. A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.
  1. 1.
    A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.(Bot.)
  2. 2.
    A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle.(Anat.)