awn
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A thin film it leaves behind makes the awn an even better spot for condensation, making water collection yet more efficient.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2016
He at one point invoked the excesses of “King Jahge,” a tyrant who “made judges dependent awn his will alone.”
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2015
Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Panicle 6–15´ long, rather dense, the branches and pedicels spreading in flower, afterward erect; spikelets 2½–3´´ long.; awn of the glume either obsolete or manifest.—Moist woods and shaded swamps; rather common.
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
Erect, glabrous, 3–4° high; leaves bright green, 3–6´´ broad; panicle very loose, nodding; spikelets 3–6-flowered; flowering glumes 3´´ long, with a slender awn of twice the length.—Of rare occurrence near the coast.
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
