boll¹ /bōl/

1. A swelling
2. A knob
3. A round seed-capsule, as in cotton, flax, poppy, etc

To swell, to form bolls

bolled /bōld/ adjective

Swollen, podded

bollen /bōˈlən or (Shakespeare) bōln/ adjective (obsolete)

Swollen

boll weevil noun

A weevil (Anthonomus grandis) whose larvae infest cotton bolls

bollˈworm noun

A moth caterpillar that destroys cotton bolls, maize, tomatoes, etc, in USA Chloridea obsoleta, in Egypt and India Earias insulana and E. fabia

boll² /bōl/

1. A measure of capacity for grain, etc, used in Scotland and N England, in Scotland usu = 6 imperial bushels, in England varying from 2 to 6 bushels
2. Also a measure of weight, containing, for flour, 140lb

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