BOLL


Meaning of BOLL in English

n. a rounded capsule containing seeds, esp. flax or cotton.

Phrases and idioms:

boll-weevil a small American or Mexican weevil, Anthonomus grandis, whose larvae destroy cotton bolls.

Etymology: ME f. MDu. bolle: see BOWL(1)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.