AWN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("awn" is a kind of...):

beard (a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses)

Derivation:

awny (having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses)

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