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boll

noun

/boʊl/

Meaning

The rounded seed capsule of plants such as cotton or flax.

The farmer examined the cotton boll to check its quality.

seed pod, capsule, husk, shell

stem, root

cotton boll, flax boll, mature boll, boll weevil

A rude, boorish, or ill-mannered person.

The act or state of sticking together or being united.

a change that results from a particular action or cause

a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth; gossip

the formal rejection or giving up of something, usually a belief, claim, or way of life

a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again