† folliculoseadj.
Biology. Obsolete.
1. Of the nature of or resembling a follicle; = folliculous adj. 2.
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the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [adjective] > characterized by substance carried or produced
silicious1721
folliculous1757
folliculose1797
siliceous1813
amyliferous1865
1797 R. Hooper Anatomist's Vade-mecum 99 A folliculose gland consists of an hollow vascular membrane, having an excretory duct; as the muciparous and sebaceous glands.
1802 D. P. Blaine Outl. Vet. Art I. ii. xiv. 546 They [sc. glands] are of various sizes, some being very large, as the liver, and some very small, as those that are termed folliculose.
1890 Bull. Illinois Lab. Nat. Hist. 1884–8 2 30 Antheridia in folliculose bodies on the surface of separate thalli.
2. Having follicles; = folliculous adj. 1 rare.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [adjective] > depression or cavity > composed of or containing
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
1900 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 193 3 The bivalve mollusca have a similar folliculose liver.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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