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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A deep narrow pit that is formed by the tubular infolding of the epidermis and that encloses the root of the hair.
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- noun a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair; small muscles and sebaceous glands are associated with them
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
noun
Date: 1838
: the tubular epithelial sheath that surrounds the lower part of the hair shaft and encloses at the bottom a vascular papilla supplying the growing basal part of the hair with nourishment
February 4, 2008