awn

as inpoint
as inmucro
as inmucronation

Synonyms for awn

noun sharp end, top, end of extension

Antonyms for awn

Word Origin & History

"bristly fibers on grain of plants," c.1300, from Old Norse ögn, from Proto-Germanic *agano (cf. Old English egenu, Old High German agana, German Ahne, Gothic ahana), from PIE *ak-ona- (cf. Sanskrit asani- "arrowhead," Greek akhne "husk of wheat," Latin acus "chaff," Lithuanian akuotas "beard, awn"); suffixed form of PIE root *ak- "sharp" (see acrid).

Example Sentences for awn

The fourth glume is the flattened base of the awn, epaleate.

In the locality this was called “picklin in his awn poke neuk.”

The little I have is free, and I can call it my awn—hame's hame, let it be never so hamely.

Bear, my dearest friend, bear is all they have, and wonderment it is to me that they ever see an awn of it.

The awn or beard is merely an elongation of the palea inferior.

Spikelet with a reddish tinge; awn almost smooth, less than 20 mm.

The awn is inserted between the two teeth of the palea or just below.

Awn brown, twisted and bent, arising from the middle, about 30 mm.

It requires scrutiny in regard to Agrostis, which also has no awn or basal hairs.

In the locality this was called "picklin in his awn poke neuk."

awn

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More words related to awn

mucro

mucronation

point

points