folliculated, ppl. a.
(fɒˈlɪkjʊˌleɪtɛd)
Also folliculate (Cent. Dict.).
[as if f. *folliculate vb. (f. follicule + -ate) + -ed1.]
1. Anat. and Bot. Provided with a follicle or follicles.
| 1775 Ash, Folliculated (adj. in botany) having seed vessels. 1787 Hunter in Phil. Trans. LXXVII. 418 Ending below the thyroid, which is folliculated on its inner surface. 1839–47 Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 572/1 The integuments..are..highly folliculated. |
2. Entom. Contained in a follicle or cocoon.
| 1856–8 W. Clark Van der Hoeven's Zool. I. 404 Pupa smooth, in some folliculated. |