# Follicle

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/follicle
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

a dry [dehiscent](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/dehiscent "opening or bursting at maturity.") [fruit](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/fruit "the seed bearing structure developed from the ovary of Magnoliopsida (Angiosperms) after fertilization.") formed from 1 [carpel](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/carpel "a unit of the gynoecium in which one or more ovules are enclosed. It is usually divided into stigma, style, and ovary.") and having 1 longitudinal line of [dehiscence](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/dehiscence "the manner in which the wall of a mature organ ruptures to allow the contents to escape.").

## Related terms

- [Dehiscent](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/dehiscent)

- [Follicle](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/image/follicle "Follicle. Shading: seed exposed by dehiscence is shown in solid black.")