follicle

follicle has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.
• n.. A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle.
• n.. A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.
• n.. A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle.
• n.. any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity