Definition Of Awn

Middle english aw u n agune agene probably scandinavian.

Definition of awn.

Abbreviation avant window navigator. This often makes the hairy appearance of the grass synfloresce. Awns are characteristic of many grasses where they extend from the lemmas of the florets. Any of the bristles growing from the spikelets of certain grasses including cereals meaning pronunciation translations and examples.

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. 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. 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.

A bristlelike appendage of a plant esp. 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. On the glumes of grasses.

Definition of lawn entry 2 of 2. Old high german agana gothic ahana old latin agna ear of grain awned adj. 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. Abbreviation award winner named.

Awns are characteristic of various plant families including geraniaceae and many grasses poaceae.