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    boll

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Plants
    boll /bəʊl $ boʊl/ noun [countable]  HBPthe part of a cotton plant that contains the seeds 棉桃，棉铃
    Examples from the Corpus
    boll• Closet Republicans they are called by some, boll weevils by others.• The boll weevil infests cotton fields and millionaires go bankrupt.    Origin boll (1400-1500) Middle Dutch bolle “bowl, bubble”
    boll nounChinese
    that part a plant Corpus the cotton of


    boll
    boll /bəʊl $ boʊl/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1400-1500
     Language: Middle Dutch
     Origin: bolle 'bowl, bubble'
    the part of a cotton plant that contains the seeds


    bollBrE /bəʊl/ 🔊NAmE /boʊl/ 🔊 nounthe part of the cotton plant that contains the seeds 棉铃