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boll

  [bohl]
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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 bowl 1
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Böll

  [bœl]
–noun
Hein⋅rich (The⋅o⋅dor)  [hahyn-rikh tey-aw-dohr] , 1917–85, German novelist and short-story writer: Nobel prize 1972.
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boll   (bōl)   
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.]
Böll   (bɶl)   
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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Word Origin & History

boll 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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boll   (bōl)  Pronunciation Key 
The seed-bearing capsule of certain plants, especially cotton and flax.
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