The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.

To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.

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

the seed pod of the cotton plant

See cotton boll.

The fruit of a cotton plant which contains the seeds of the plant.

n. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.

The fruiting structure of a cotton plant. It is made up of separate compartments called locks, in which cotton seeds and lint grow.