FOLLICLE

noun see: fool Date: 1646 1. a small anatomical cavity or deep narrow-mouthed depression, a small lymph node, a vesicle in the mammalian ovary that contains a developing egg surrounded by a covering of cells, a dry dehiscent one-celled many-seeded fruit (as of the milkweed) that has a single carpel and opens along one suture, follicular adjective