Awn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A slender, bristlelike appendage found on the spikelets of many grasses.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, a bristle-shaped terminal or dorsal appendage, such as the beard of wheat, barley, and many grasses.
  • An obsolete or dialectal form of own.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
  • Verb Form
    awned    awning    awns   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beard   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    arista   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    VD    flattop    ank    ö    Heller    air    naw    hair    å    iver