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Boll Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Boll? [n] the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant Synonyms \| Synonyms for Boll: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Boll: ball \| balloon \| bladder \| blob \| bolus \| bubble \| bulb \| bulbil \| bulblet \| burr \| capsule \| cod \| ellipsoid \| follicle \| geoid \| globe \| globelet \| globoid \| globule \| glomerulus \| gob \| gobbet \| hull \| husk \| knob \| knot \| legume \| legumen \| oblate spheroid \| orb \| orbit \| orblet \| pease cod \| pellet \| pericarp \| pod \| prolate spheroid \| rondure \| seed pod \| seed vessel \| seedbox \| seedcase \| silique \| sphere \| spheroid \| spherule See Also \| capsule Boll In Webster's Dictionary \Boll\, n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See {Bowl} a vessel.] 1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form. 2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels. [Sometimes spelled {bole}.] \Boll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bolled}.] To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed. The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. --Ex. ix. 31.

Boll Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Boll?

[n] the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant

Synonyms | Synonyms for Boll:

See Also | capsule

Boll In Webster's Dictionary

\Boll\, n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See {Bowl} a
vessel.]
1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a
   pericarp of a globular form.

2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it
   contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and
   potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs.
   avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels.
   [Sometimes spelled {bole}.]


\Boll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bolled}.]
To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.

      The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
                                               --Ex. ix. 31.

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