Word: bollworm
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: boll
worm
Definition: The larvae of any of various species of moth that are pests to cotton.
Morphemes:
Affix: boll
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bolle
Language: enm
Decoded: bolle
Meaning: pod; shell
Affix: worm
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms.