"boll" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 蒴果（棉花等植物的果實）

Definition

蒴果是像棉花或亞麻等植物的圓形果實，成熟時會裂開，裡面有種子和纖維。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這個詞多用於農業或植物學語境，特別指棉花的“cotton boll”。不要和“ball”（球）或“bowl”（碗）混淆。

Examples

The cotton boll is ready to pick.

棉花的**蒴果**已經可以採摘了。

Each flax plant makes a boll.

每棵亞麻都長出一個**蒴果**。

Seeds grow inside the boll.

種子在**蒴果**內部生長。

Farmers wait until the bolls open before harvesting cotton.

農民會等到**蒴果**裂開後才收棉花。

When a boll bursts, fluffy cotton comes out.

當**蒴果**裂開時，棉絮就冒出來了。

A single plant can have dozens of bolls at the end of the season.

一株植物在季末能長出幾十個**蒴果**。