awn
noun
a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
awned
-
a word derived from
awn.
Example Sentences
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Scales imbricated in many ranks, awned below the apex, all floriferous.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Sepals 5, linear or oblong, concave, awned at the apex.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Lower glumes united at base, the flowering awned on the back.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Hair′-grass, a kind of grass found generally on poor soil, the bracts of whose florets are generally awned near the base; Hair′iness.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Flowers 2, the lower perfect, awnless, the upper staminate, awned.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
