bolls
Fiber-bearing seed pods
Bolls are the rounded seed pods of certain plants, especially cotton.
When cotton bolls mature and split open, they reveal the fluffy white fibers ready for harvest.
The boll weevil, a beetle that infests cotton bolls, devastated American cotton farming in the early twentieth century.
Enclosed dose container
- huskDry seed covering
- podSeed case or cetacean group
- calyxCollective sepals encircling petals
- bractLeaflike floral structure
sepals · ovary · pericarp · valve · fiber · lint · seed · carpel
Plant fiber for textiles
- ginCotton-cleaning machine
- lintLoose textile fibers
- fiberPlant-based digestive aid
- pickerOne who gathers
harvester · field · crop · staple · textile · spinning · weevil · square
Fostering growth through care
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- acreageAmount of land owned
- yieldProduce or relinquish
row · planting · thinning · pesticide · herbicide · crop rotation · monoculture · organic
capsule
Enclosed dose container
bract · sepals · ovary · pericarp · valve · fiber · lint · seed · carpel · splitting
cotton
Plant fiber for textiles
picker · harvester · field · crop · staple · textile · spinning · weevil · square · bloom
cultivation
Fostering growth through care
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- acreageAmount of land owned
yield · row · planting · thinning · pesticide · herbicide · crop rotation · monoculture · organic · mechanized