folliculateadj.
/fɒˈlɪkjᵿlət/, /fəˈlɪkjᵿlət/, U.S. /fəˈlɪkjələt/, /fəˈlɪkjəˌleɪt/ Biology.
Having or bearing a follicle or follicles (in various senses); contained in a follicle; of the nature of a follicle. Cf. folliculated adj.
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cellulate?a1425
follicular1677
vesiculara1682
cellulated1693
vesiculous1698
folliculate1699
biventrous1702
trilocular1753
unilocular1753
folliculous1757
folliculated1771
bilocular1783
loculated1794
scrobiculate1804
locular?1806
vesiculose1817
plurilocular1819
uniloculate1830
sacculated1835
vesiculigerous1846
vesiculiferous1859
scrobiculated1860
sacculate1870
biloculate1874
bilocellate1880
scrobiculous1889
folliculose1900
physaliphorous1923
physaliferous1954
1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 67 Flowers sometimes single, sometimes more than one proceeding out of the same folliculate Foot-stalk.
1802 W. Turton tr. C. Linnaeus Gen. Syst. Nature III. 218 Pupa folliculate chesnut-brown.
1870 B. T. Lowne Anat. & Physiol. Blow-fly i. i. 5 Large quantities of fat are laid up in the folliculate glands and liver cells, especially in the former.
1905 Jrnl. Malacology 12 41 The mouth gland is yellowish, folliculate with a fairly long duct.
1995 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 82 767/1 Some Ranunculaceae, Dilleniaceae, and Rosaceae..are folliculate as well.
2004 Systematic Bot. 29 497/1 A clade supported by features such as apocarpous gynoecia and folliculate fruits.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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