Boll

/boʊl/

Synonyms for "boll" (52 found)

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Noun(1 words)
seed capsule

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More general

5 entries
botanical structurecapsulefruitplant structureseed capsule

More specific

1 entries
cotton boll

Collocations

6 entries
boll rotboll weevilcotton bollcotton bollscotton lintopen boll

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Amédée Bollée built one of the first steam-powered automobiles in 1873.

Source: tatoeba (4947718)

The boll weevil has long plagued cotton crops.

Source: tatoeba (5354822)

Sometimes the slave picks down one side of a row, and back upon the other, but more usually, there is one on either side, gathering all that has blossomed, leaving the unopened bolls for a succeeding picking.

Source: wiktionary

The champion picker of the day before was the hero of the dawn. If he prophesied that the cotton in today’s field was going to be sparse and stick to the bolls like glue, every listener would grunt a hearty agreement.

Source: wiktionary

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