awn
noun
a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
unawned
-
a word derived from
awn.
Example Sentences
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Lower scales unawned; stem branched at the base Floating Foxtail, Alopecurus geniculatus. 6a.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason
Fertile glumes generally longer than the empty, unawned or with a straight, terminal awn.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
