Found 3 items, similar to boll.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: boll kotak benih
English → English (WordNet) Definition: boll boll n 1: the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant 2: German novelist and writer of short stories (1917-1985) [syn: Heinrich Boll, Heinrich Theodor Boll]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Boll 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] 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]