follicle

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A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.

A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle.

A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.

A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle.

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As the hair follicle shape determines curl pattern, the hair follicle size determines thickness. Source: Internet

Estrogen is secreted by the follicle. Source: Internet

A new model of reproductive aging: the decline in ovarian non-growing follicle number from birth to menopause. Source: Internet

Both of these pigments are melanin types, produced inside the hair follicle and packed into granules found in the fibers. Source: Internet

Each follicle usually contains one or two small seeds, each with a wedge-shaped papery wing that causes it to spin as it falls to the ground. Source: Internet

Corpora lutea are found only in mammals, and in some elasmobranch fish; in other species, the remnants of the follicle are quickly resorbed by the ovary. Source: Internet

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