boll.
The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
Meaning & usage
The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
A protuberance or excrescence growing on the trunks of some trees, a burl.
An old dry measure equal to six bushels.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bolle (“pod; shell”) and Middle Dutch bolle (“round object”), from Frankish *bollo, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“round object; bowl”). More at bowl.
To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bolle (“pod; shell”) and Middle Dutch bolle (“round object”), from Frankish *bollo, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“round object; bowl”). More at bowl.
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