folliculousadj.

Brit.

/fɒˈlɪkjᵿləs/,

/fəˈlɪkjᵿləs/, U.S.

/fəˈlɪkjələs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin folliculus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin folliculus follicle n. + -ous suffix. Compare later folliculose adj.

Biology. Now rare.

1. Having follicles (in various senses). Cf. folliculose adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [adjective] > characterized by substance carried or produced

silicious1721

folliculous1757

folliculose1797

siliceous1813

amyliferous1865

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

1757 C. N. Jenty Course Anatomico-physiol. Lect. II. iii. 49 The internal Tunic of this Appendix is folliculous, like that of the Duodenum.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 10 Other membranes are called mucous or folliculous, because they secrete a viscid fluid.

1940 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 23 400/1 The conjunctiva of the right eye was folliculous and the cornea almost obscured by pannus.

2004 Malacologia 45 213/1 The reproductive system of female Helicinidae consists of a folliculous ovary that discharges into a thin-walled spherical structure.

2. Of the nature of or resembling a follicle. Cf. folliculose adj. 1.

ΚΠ

1769 tr. T. Goulard Treat. Effects Lead i. 22 The little vessels communicate moisture to these folliculous [Fr. folliculeuses] and glandulous cavities.

1797 R. Hooper tr. J. J. R. von Plenck Hygrology 154 The Hepatic Glomeruli, are mere vascular and not folliculous cavities [L. folliculi cavi].

1838 A. Irvine London Flora 54 Fruit folliculous, capsular, or drupaceous.

1973 Econ. Bot. 27 417/2 Two weeks after successful pollination, the carpels open up to form a star-shaped kola fruit, consisting of about five folliculous pods.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	folliculous
释义	folliculousadj. Brit. /fɒˈlɪkjᵿləs/, /fəˈlɪkjᵿləs/, U.S. /fəˈlɪkjələs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin folliculus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin folliculus follicle n. + -ous suffix. Compare later folliculose adj. Biology. Now rare. 1. Having follicles (in various senses). Cf. folliculose adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [adjective] > characterized by substance carried or produced silicious1721 folliculous1757 folliculose1797 siliceous1813 amyliferous1865 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 1757 C. N. Jenty Course Anatomico-physiol. Lect. II. iii. 49 The internal Tunic of this Appendix is folliculous, like that of the Duodenum. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 10 Other membranes are called mucous or folliculous, because they secrete a viscid fluid. 1940 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 23 400/1 The conjunctiva of the right eye was folliculous and the cornea almost obscured by pannus. 2004 Malacologia 45 213/1 The reproductive system of female Helicinidae consists of a folliculous ovary that discharges into a thin-walled spherical structure. 2. Of the nature of or resembling a follicle. Cf. folliculose adj. 1. ΚΠ 1769 tr. T. Goulard Treat. Effects Lead i. 22 The little vessels communicate moisture to these folliculous [Fr. folliculeuses] and glandulous cavities. 1797 R. Hooper tr. J. J. R. von Plenck Hygrology 154 The Hepatic Glomeruli, are mere vascular and not folliculous cavities [L. folliculi cavi]. 1838 A. Irvine London Flora 54 Fruit folliculous, capsular, or drupaceous. 1973 Econ. Bot. 27 417/2 Two weeks after successful pollination, the carpels open up to form a star-shaped kola fruit, consisting of about five folliculous pods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1757
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