Variant of FOLLICLE.
1774. Goldsm., Nat. Hist., II. ii. 37. He perceived the follicules, or the membrane covering the eggs contained in the ovary, to become reddish.
1848. Lindley, Introd. Bot. (ed. 4), II. 19. The fruit of these plants is better understood to be a union of several follicules within a single flower.
