boll Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant

WordNet

Boll noun
Etymology
OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See Bowl a vessel.
Definitions
  1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.
  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.
Boll intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Bolled
Definitions
  1. To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
    The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. Ex. ix. 31.

Webster 1913