Meaning of AWN
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| | Definition: | | [n] slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Awn\, n. [OE. awn, agune, from Icel. ["o]gn, pl. agnir;
akin to Sw. agn, Dan. avne, Goth. ahana, OHG. agana, G. agen,
ahne, chaff, Gr. ?, AS. egla; prob. from same root as E.
acute. See 3d {Ear}. ?1.] (Bot.)
The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any
similar bristlelike appendage; arista. --Gray.
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| | Definition: | | A bristle-like appendage, e.g. on the tip or back of the lemma of a grass floret. |
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