AWN

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.

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awn

Noun

  1. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.


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