Awn
ahd-5
noun.
A slender bristle, especially one at the tip of a glume or lemma in a grass spikelet.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
In
botany
, a bristle-shaped terminal or dorsal appendage, such as the beard of wheat, barley, and many grasses.
An obsolete or dialectal form of
own
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The
bristle
or
beard
of
barley
,
oats
,
grasses
, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage;
arista
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
Word Usage
"The _fourth glume_ is the linear, hyaline, 3-nerved base of the awn; the _awn_ is 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches and bent at about the middle."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
beard
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
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air
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Synonym
Words with the same meaning
arista
verb-form
awned
awning
awns