boll

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Noun

1. The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
2. A protuberance or excrescence growing on the trunks of some trees, a burl.
3. An old dry measure equal to six bushels.

Verb

To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.

Từ đồng nghĩa

follicle

capsule

pericarp

pouch

👝

purse

👛

seed

spore

seed-vessel

unburst ear

seedvessel

aril

hangbag

bag

Phát âm là (IPA)

/bɒl/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

From Middle English bolle (“pod; shell”) and Middle Dutch bolle (“round object”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“round object; bowl”). More at bowl.