boll
noun
a rounded seed vessel or pod of a plant, as of flax or cotton.
bolls
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pluralof boll.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Souloukna Mourga plodded through his flooded millet and cotton field in northern Cameroon and uprooted soggy stems that had a few bolls on them.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2022
As children in the 1960s, Collier and his siblings worked the cotton fields around Black Swamp, lugging burlap sacks up and down long rows and pulling white bolls from between the plants’ needle-like stems.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2020
Celina, who is African American, said Northam passed around raw cotton bolls and tobacco leaves for the whole tour group to touch.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2019
Her child cried, and it distracted her, slowed the accumulation of cotton bolls in her sack.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2017
If he prophesied that the cotton in today’s field was going to be sparse and stick to the bolls like glue, every listener would grunt a hearty agreement.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
