Boll vs. Coll — What's the Difference?

The seed-bearing capsule of certain plants, especially cotton and flax.

Coll (Scottish Gaelic: Cola; Scots: Coll) is an island located west of the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes, and for Breacachadh Castle.

The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.

(ambitransitive) To hug or embrace.

A protuberance or excrescence growing on the trunks of some trees, a burl.

To embrace.

(Scotland) An old dry measure equal to six bushels.

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

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

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.

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

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

German novelist and writer of short stories (1917-1985)