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)
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. 2012