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Follicle

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.

    "He could feel the follicles in his inner ear go crazy."

  2. 2
    any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity wordnet
  3. 3
    A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin folliculus.

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