'Boll' definitions:
Definition of 'boll'
(from WordNet)
noun
The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
Definition of 'Boll'
From: GCIDE
- Boll \Boll\, n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See Bowl a vessel.]
- 1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [Sometimes spelled bole.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Boll'
From: GCIDE
- Boll \Boll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bolled.] To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed. [1913 Webster]
- The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. --Ex. ix. 31. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'boll'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ball,
- balloon,
- bladder,
- blob,
- bolus,
- bubble,
- bulb,
- bulbil,
- bulblet,
- burr,
- capsule,
- cod,
- ellipsoid,
- follicle,
- geoid,
- globe,
- globelet,
- globoid,
- globule,
- glomerulus,
- gob,
- gobbet,
- hull,
- husk,
- knob,
- knot,
- legume,
- legumen,
- oblate spheroid,
- orb,
- orbit,
- orblet,
- pease cod,
- pellet,
- pericarp,
- pod,
- prolate spheroid,
- rondure,
- seed pod,
- seed vessel,
- seedbox,
- seedcase,
- silique,
- sphere,
- spheroid,
- spherule