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Awn logo #10101) Any similar bristle 2) Arista 3) Barley appendage 4) Barley beard 5) Barley bristle 6) Barley bristles 7) Barley part 8) Beard 9) Beard grain 10) Beard growing out of an ear 11) Beard grown by a farmer 12) Beard grown by an oats farmer 13) Beard grown by farmers 14) Beard grown by many farmers 15) Beard grown on a farm
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Awn logo #10101) Arista
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Awn logo #21000[botany] 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. Awns are characteristic of many grasses (Poaceae), where they extend from the lemmas of the florets. This often makes the hairy appearance of the grass synfloresce. Awns m...
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awn logo #21820fine bristle-like appendage; e.g. terminating or on the back of glumes and/or lemmas of some grass spikelets.
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awn logo #22112a slender, bristle-like projection, e.g. from the back or tip of the glumes and lemmas in some grasses and on the fruit of some Geraniaceae. adj. awned
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Awn logo #22590a group of bristle-like appendages
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awn logo #22641beard or similar bristly growth on stalk of grain
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Awn logo #21002• (n.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
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awn logo #21003(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 ...
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Awn logo #22995a slender, stiff terminal bristle attached at its base to another structure or organ such as a leaf or grass stem
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Awn logo #20901A bristle characteristic of the spikelets in some grasses.
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awn logo #20973<botany> A bristle-like appendage, for example on the tip or back of the lemma of a grass floret. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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Awn logo #21767a slender, stiff terminal bristle attached at its base to another structure or organ such as a leaf or grass stem
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Awn logo #22034A bristlelike projection, often arising from the tip of a structure.
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Awn logo #22037A bristle-like appendage.
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Awn logo #22038A bristle-like process.
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Awn logo #10444Slender bristle-like projection arising from the back or tip of the glumes and lemmas in some grasses.
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Awn logo #20972Awn (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 ...
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Awn logo #22487A bristle-like part or appendage.
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Awn logo #22588a group of bristle-like appendages
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Awn logo #20885A terminal or lateral bristle on a seed or plant organ.
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Awn logo #23418a beard (of grain).
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awn logo #20974 noun slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
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awn logo #22591a bristle-like part or appendage; any small pointed process
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awn logo #21199a bristlelike appendage of a plant, esp. on the glumes of grasses. · such appendages collectively, as those forming the beard of wheat, barley, etc. · any similar bristle.
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