follicle

(fol'I-kl) [L. folliculus."] simple tubular gland. 2. crypt or minute cul-de-sac or lacuna, such as the depre ion in the skin from which the hair emerges. 3. A minute circumscribed ma of lymphoid cells in the mucous membrane. 4. One of the vesicular bodies in the ovary, containing the ova. Graafian follicle. 5. In botany, a dry pod-like fruit, splitting by the ventral suture. den'tal f., the dental sac with its contents, the embryonic tooth gas'tric f., (i) one of the ma es of lymphoid cells in the mucous membrane