名詞 follicle:

1. any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity

fol.li.cle

n.（名詞）
Anatomy
【解剖學(xué)】
A small bodily cavity or sac:
小囊：體內(nèi)的小孔或小囊：
例句：
a hair follicle.
毛囊

A cavity in the ovary containing a maturing ovum surrounded by its encasing cells.
卵泡：含成熟的卵子的子房中的小洞，被周圍細胞所包圍
Botany A dry, single-chambered fruit that splits along only one seam to release its seeds, as in larkspur and milkweed.
【植物學(xué)】 骨突：干燥、單心皮的果實，僅沿著一個生出種子的合縫裂開，如飛燕草和馬利筋

來源：
Latin folliculus [little bag] [diminutive of] follis [bellows] * see bhel- 2
拉丁語 folliculus [小袋] [] follis的小后綴 [風(fēng)箱] *參見 bhel- 2