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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.

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  1. n. A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.
  2. n. A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle.
  3. n. A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.
  4. n. A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle.
  5. n. any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
  6. 1. (Bot.) A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed. 2. (Anat.) (a) A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle. (b) A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt. (c) A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle.
  7. A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds andopens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspurand milkweed.
  8. n:100 n. any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity