awned

awn

A0553300 (ôn)n. Botany A slender bristle, especially one at the tip of a glume or lemma in a grass spikelet.

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[Middle English awne, from Old Norse ögn or from Old English agen; see ak- in Indo-European roots.]

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awned adj.awn′less adj.

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Adj.

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awned - having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses; "awned wheatgrass"awnyawnless - lacking or having only very short awns; "awnless bromegrass"