"cotton boll" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cotton bolls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cotton boll (plural cotton bolls)
  1. The round, fluffy clumps in which cotton forms and grows on a cotton plant. Categories (lifeform): Mallow subfamily plants Related terms: cotton ball

Inflected forms

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