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–noun Botany.

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

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME bolle, perh. < MD bolle (D bol), though formally identical with bowl¹

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–noun

Hein·rich (The·o·dor)

Audio Help [hahyn-rikh tey-aw-dohr] Pronunciation Key, 1917–85, German novelist and short-story writer: Nobel prize 1972.

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

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch bolle, round object; see bhel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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German writer whose works, such as The Clown (1963), examine the psychological and societal effects of World War II on the German people. He won the 1972 Nobel Prize for literature.

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O.E. bolla "bowl," merged with M.Du. bolle "round object," borrowed 13c., both from P.Gmc. *bul-, from PIE *bhel- "to blow, swell" (see bole). Infl. in meaning by L. bulla "bubble, ball," ult. from the same PIE root. Extended 1500 to "round seed pod of flax or cotton." Boll weevil is 1895, Amer.Eng.

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boll
noun
the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant

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

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Bole\, n. A measure. See Boll, n., 2. --Mortimer.

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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.]

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