awn

3 letters in word "awn": A N W.

Anagrams of awn:

• naw

• wan

Words found within awn:

an aw na

• Definitions:
• A slender bristlelike organ usually at the apex of a plant structure.
• A bristlelike extension, present in some rice varieties, of varying length originating from the outer glume of the rice spikelet.
• Slender bristle at the tip of grass seed structures.
• A bristle or spine, as at the tip of some bracts of grasses
• a slender, bristle-like projection.
• A stiff bristle situated at the tip of a glume or lemma.
• Slender bristle-like projection arising from the back or tip of the glumes and lemmas in some grasses.
• A slender, stiff, bristle-like extension of a plant part, such as the beard on wheat. See drawing of parts of a grass plant.
• A bristlelike appendage of a plant, commonly seen on grasses
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• A bristle arising from the outer covering of the seed of a grass. 3
• a stiff and bristle-like appendage, often at the apex of a leaf, sepal or petal. The sepals of Passiflora coccinea end in a awn.
• A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses.
• A stiff bristle projecting from the glume or lemma in grasses.
• Slender, generally terminal bristle.
• A slender bristle of a grass floret.
• a fibrous bristle (often called a beard) which is an extension of the midrib of the lemma. It may arise from the tip of the lemma or from the abaxial (outer) surface below the tip
• a terminal bristle-like appendage
• slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
• 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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