Bolle

Bolle

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Carl (Karl) August Bolle (1821-1909).

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

Borrowed from German Bolle.

Bolle (plural Bolles)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bolle is the 36630^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 610 individuals. Bolle is most common among White (90.66%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bolle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 187.

From Middle High German bolle, from Old High German bolla, from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔlə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlə

Bolle f (genitive Bolle, plural Bollen)

1. (regional, including Berlin) a thickish, roundish object, especially a bulb, tuber

   Synonym: Knolle

• Bollenhut

• Bollchen