[bohl] 
| a rounded seed vessel or pod of a plant, as of flax or cotton. |
[bœl] | Hein⋅rich (The⋅o⋅dor) [hahyn-rikh tey-aw-dohr] , 1917–85, German novelist and short-story writer: Nobel prize 1972. |
| 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. |
| boll (bōl) Pronunciation Key
The seed-bearing capsule of certain plants, especially cotton and flax. |
