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bole

noun \ˈbōl\

Definition of BOLE

:  trunk 1a
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Origin of BOLE

Middle English, from Old Norse bolr
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Seed Plant Terms

aubergine, box, bramble, briar, composite, perpetual, pulse, trefoil

Rhymes with BOLE

boll, bowl, coal, cole, Cole, dhole, dole, droll, foal, goal, hole, knoll, kohl, Kohl, mole, ole, pole, poll, prole, role, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sol, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, tole, toll, troll, vole, whole

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8 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. bole
  2. bole armoniac
  3. armenian bole
  4. Bohemian bole
  5. Lemnian bole
  6. oriental bole
  7. red bole
  8. window bole
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