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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