awn

awn

 (ôn)

n. Botany

A slender bristle, especially one at the tip of a glume or lemma in a grass spikelet.

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[Middle English awne, from Old Norse ögn or from Old English agen; see ak- in Indo-European roots.]

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awned adj.

awn′less adj.

awn

(ɔːn)

n

(Botany) any of the bristles growing from the spikelets of certain grasses, including cereals

[Old English agen ear of grain; related to Old Norse ögn chaff, Gothic ahana, Old High German agana, Greek akōn javelin]

awned adj

ˈawnless adj

awn

(ɔn)

n.

1. a bristlelike appendage of a plant, esp. on the glumes of grasses.

2. any similar bristle.

[1250–1300; Middle English aw(u)n, agune, agene, probably < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse ǫgn, husk; Old English ægnan, c. Old High German agana, Gothic ahana, Old Latin agna ear of grain]

awned, adj.

awn′less, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

awn - slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses beard - a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses

Translations

Granne

άγανο