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awns, plural;
  1. A stiff bristle, esp. one of those growing from the ear or flower of barley, rye, and many grasses

  1. slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
  2. (awned) having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses; "awned wheatgrass"
  3. 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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  6. (Awns) coarse, hair-like protrusions on a spike, which extend from the tip of the lemmas and sometimes to a small extent on the sterile glumes.
  7. (awns) Guardhairs with relatively uniform length with slender bases and expanded tips.
  8. A projection from the tip of the lemma Less prominent in wheat than in barley.
  9. A bristle arising from the outer covering of the seed of a grass.^3
  10. A stiff bristle. Often seen as the pappus in flowers of the Asteraceae.
  11. A generally straight, stiff pappus element, varying from stiffly bristle-like to hard and needle-like (e.g., Bidens). Awns may be smooth, retrorsely or antrorsely barbed, or plumose.
  12. a slender, bristle-like projection, e.g. from the back or tip of the glumes and lemmas in some grasses and on the fruit of some Geraniaceae. adj. awned
  13. a bristle-like appendage terminating an organ or inserted on its back. adj. awned. cf. aristate.
  14. A stiff bristle situated at the tip of a glume or lemma.
  15. a bristle or hair-point  at the tip of a leaf where the costa extends beyond the main part of the leaf.
  16. A bristle characteristic of the spikelets in some grasses
  17. 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.
  18. A narrow, stiff appendage extending from the tip of a lemma or glume (see Grass Morphology).
  19. A bristle-like terminal or dorsal appendage, especially common on the glumes of grasses.
  20. a narrow, terminal bristle.
  21. A stiff, bristle-like projection, especially from grass seeds or grains.
  22. A slender bristle tip.