cotton boll; cotton fruit
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
cotton boll (the fruit of the cotton plant, especially when young and bell-shaped)
Technically refers to the young, bell-shaped stage (as opposed to the mature 'cotton peach' 棉桃), though the terms are often used interchangeably in general contexts.
Mián棉
líng铃
chóng虫
shì是
mián棉
hua花
de的
zhǔ主
yào要
hài害
chóng虫
zhī之
yī一
。
The cotton bollworm is one of the main pests of cotton.
Zhè这
xiē些
mián棉
líng铃
yǐ已
jīng经
kāi开
shǐ始
tǔ吐
xù絮
le了
。
These cotton bolls have already started to open.
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Nóng农
mín民
men们
zhèng正
zài在
tián田
jiān间
jiǎn检
chá查
mián棉
líng铃
de的
chéng成
shú熟
qíng情
kuàng况
。
The farmers are inspecting the ripeness of the cotton bolls in the fields.