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boll
bollseed pod of a plant, as flax or cotton
Not to be confused with:bole – tree trunkbowl – hemispherical vessel; a large wooden ball; a roll of the ball, as in bowlingboll B0373400 (bōl)n. The seed-bearing capsule of certain plants, especially cotton and flax.
[Middle English, from Middle Dutch bolle, round object; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]boll (bəʊl) n (Plants) the fruit of such plants as flax and cotton, consisting of a rounded capsule containing the seeds[C13: from Dutch bolle; related to Old English bolla bowl1]
Böll (German bœl) n (Biography) Heinrich (ˈhaɪnrɪç) (Theodor). 1917–85, German novelist and short-story writer; his novels include Group Portrait with Lady (1971): Nobel prize for literature 1972boll (boʊl)
n. a rounded seed vessel or pod of a plant, as of flax or cotton. [1400–50; late Middle English bolle, perhaps < Middle Dutch bolle] Böll (bœl)
n. Heinrich (Theodor), 1917–85, German novelist: Nobel prize 1972. Boll measure of capacity for grain [six bushels in Scotland]; a measure of weight [140 lb.].Examples: boll of corn, 1651; of grain; of malt, 1725; of oats, 1590; of salt, 1691; of wheat, 1875.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  boll - the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plantcapsule - a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses |
Translationsboll
boll the fruit of such plants as flax and cotton, consisting of a rounded capsule containing the seeds boll[bōl] (botany) A pod or capsule (pericarp), as of cotton and flax. Boll
Boll (bōl), Franz C., German histologist and physiologist, 1849-1879. See: Boll cells. BOLL A gene on chromosome 2q33 that encodes a putative RNA-binding protein which may be required during spermatogenesis. BOLL is thought to act by binding to the 3'-UTR of mRNAs and regulating translation; it is testis-specific and interacts with DAZ1 and DAZL.Boll
BollAn obsolete Scottish unit of dry volume. For beans, grass seed, peas, rye, salt, and wheat, one boll was approximately equivalent to 145.145 liters. For barley, malt, and oats, however, it was approximately equivalent to 211.664 liters.boll
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