Look up: awn

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   Awn
   Slender bristle-like projection arising from the back or tip of the glumes and lemmas in some grasses.
   Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos
   
   
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   awn
   [n] - slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Awn
   A terminal or lateral bristle on a seed or plant organ.
   Found on http://www.swsbm.com/ManualsMM/MedHerbGl
   
   
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   Awn
   A bristle characteristic of the spikelets in some grasses.
   Found on http://www.naturedirect2u.com/Medicinal%
   
   
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   Awn
   A stiff bristle, especially on the grains of cereals and grasses.
   Found on http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/Towns
   
   
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   Awn
   Awn (an) noun [ Middle English awn , agune , from Icelandic ögn , plural agnir ; akin to Swedish agn , Danish avne , Goth. ahana , Old High German agana , German agen , ahne , chaff, Greek 'a`chnh , Anglo-Saxon egla ; probably from same root as English acute . See 3d Ear .] 1. (B ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/155
   
   
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   awn
   <botany> A bristle-like appendage, for example on the tip or back of the lemma of a grass floret. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
   Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
   
   
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   awn
   noun slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
   Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
   
   
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   Awn
   `AWN` as an abbreviation may refer to: * Animation World Network, an online organisation for animators. * Avant Window Navigator, a dock-like bar that tracks open windows. * Academic Women's Network, at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, * Active Web Networks * Alternative Weekly Network * Atlanta Women's Network * Australian Witches Network `Awn` as a word or name may refer to: * Awn (botany), a hair or bristle-like...
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    Awn
    • (n.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
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    awn
    (from the article `Poaceae`) Special spikelet structures aid in the dispersal and establishment of grass seeds. The backs or tips of glumes and lemmas may develop one or more ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/131