FOL'LICLE, noun [Latin folliculus, from follis, a bag or bellows.] 1. In botany, a univalvular pericarp; a seed vessel opening on one side longitudinally, and having the seeds loose in it. 2. An air bag; a vessel distended with air; as at the root in Utricularia, and on the leaves in Aldrovanda. 3. A little bag, in animal bodies; a gland; a folding; a cavity.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI