boll

¹

[ bohl ]

noun

, Botany.

1. a rounded seed vessel or pod of a plant, as of flax or cotton.

Böll

²

[ bœl ]

noun

1. Hein·rich (The·o·dor) [hahyn, -, r, i, kh, , tey, -aw-doh, r], 1917–85, German novelist and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1972.

boll

¹

/ bəʊl /

noun

1. the fruit of such plants as flax and cotton, consisting of a rounded capsule containing the seeds

Böll

²

/ bœl /

noun

1. BöllHeinrich (Theodor)19171985MGermanWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writer Heinrich (ˈhaɪnrɪç) ( Theodor ). 1917–85, German novelist and short-story writer; his novels include Group Portrait with Lady (1971): Nobel prize for literature 1972

boll

/ bōl /

1. The seed-bearing capsule of certain plants, especially cotton and flax.

Word History and Origins

Origin of boll¹

1400–50; late Middle English bolle, perhaps < Middle Dutch bolle ( Dutch bol ), though formally identical with bowl ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of boll¹

C13: from Dutch bolle ; related to Old English bolla bowl ¹

Example Sentences

And cotton crops would often fail when pests like the boll weevil tore through the fields.

From The Daily Beast

See cotton growing, and pick a cotton boll, called "Texas Roses."

From Project Gutenberg

Swallows in the Southern states kill the cotton-boll weevil, one of our worst insect pests.

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The beetle lays its eggs in the young cotton fruit or boll, and the larv feed upon the substance within the boll.

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The one beetle doing by far the greatest harm in this country is the cotton-boll weevil.

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She builds mostly among the branches of the Scotch fir, the nest being generally close to the boll or stem.

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