Definition Of Awn

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Definition of awn.

One of the slender bristles that terminate the glumes of the spikelet in some cereal and other grasses. A fine sheer linen or cotton fabric of plain weave that is thinner than cambric other words from lawn noun 1. A bristlelike appendage of a plant esp. This often makes the hairy appearance of the grass synfloresce.

Abbreviation award winner named. Any of the bristles growing from the spikelets of certain grasses including cereals meaning pronunciation translations and examples. On the glumes of grasses. Abbreviation australian wool network.

Awn in botany an awn is either a hair or bristle like appendage on a larger structure or in the case of the asteraceae a stiff needle like element of the pappus. Awning definition a rooflike shelter of canvas or other material extending over a doorway from the top of a window over a deck etc in order to provide protection as from the sun. Awns are characteristic of many grasses where they extend from the lemmas of the florets. Compare old norse ǫgn husk.

Awn boasts the original internet talk radio show designed specifically for military spouses army wife talk radio in its tenth year of broadcasting over 85 000 facebook fans and is one of the longest running military spouse blogging communities. Awns are characteristic of various plant families including geraniaceae and many grasses poaceae. Middle english aw u n agune agene probably scandinavian. In botany an awn is either a hair or bristle like appendage on a larger structure or in the case of the asteraceae a stiff needle like element of the pappus.

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