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1. (n.) boll
a rounded seed vessel or pod of a plant, as of flax or cotton.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME bolle, perh. < MD bolle)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) boll
the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) boll
the pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form
2. (noun) boll
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
3. (verb) boll
to form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. boll
An absolute, or c. g. s., unit of momentum; a gram moving at the rate of one centimeter per second; a gram-kine (see Kine); a unit proposed by the British Association.
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