cotton boll

cotton boll
The round, fluffy clumps in which form cotton grows on a cotton plant.

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  • cotton boll — noun The pod of the cotton plant • • • Main Entry: ↑cotton …   Useful english dictionary

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  • boll — O.E. bolla bowl, cup, pot, merged with M.Du. bolle round object, borrowed 13c., both from P.Gmc. *bul , from PIE *bhel (2) to blow, inflate, swell (see BOLE (Cf. bole)). Influenced in meaning by L. bulla bubble, ball, ultimately from the same PIE …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Boll weevil — For other uses, see Boll weevil (disambiguation). Boll Weevil Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

  • boll weevil — 1. a snout beetle, Anthonomus grandis, that attacks the bolls of cotton. 2. Informal. (esp. in the U.S. Congress) a Southern Democrat with conservative views who often votes with the Republicans as part of a Southern or conservative power bloc.… …   Universalium

  • Cotton Bowl Classic — For the Cotton Bowl stadium, see Cotton Bowl (stadium). Cotton Bowl Classic AT T Cotton Bowl Classic AT T Cotton Bowl Classic logo Stadium Cowboys Stadium Location …   Wikipedia

  • cotton bur — noun : the dried cotton boll and attached pedicel of snapped or stripped cotton after the lint and seed are removed …   Useful english dictionary

  • boll weevil — noun a small weevil which feeds on the fibres of the cotton boll. [Anthonomus grandis.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • Boll — or Böll is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Buzz Boll, Canadian ice hockey player * Fabian Boll, German football player * Franz Boll, German historian of astrology * Franz Christian Boll (1849 1879), discoverer of… …   Wikipedia

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