Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A slender, bristlelike appendage found on the spikelets of many grasses.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In botany, a bristle-shaped terminal or dorsal appendage, such as the beard of wheat, barley, and many grasses.
- An obsolete or dialectal form of own.
Wiktionary
- n. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
WordNet 3.0
- n. slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
Etymologies
- Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, agene, from Old Danish aghn (compare modern avne), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō 'chaff' (compare Old English ægnan, Frisian/Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare Old Latin agna 'ear of wheat', Lithuanian ašnìs, Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, "spike, prick"), ἄκανος (ákanos, "pine-thistle"), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, "thunderbolt, arrow tip"), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ (“sharp”). More at edge. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English awne, from Old Norse ögn or from Old English agen; see ak- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The _fourth glume_ is the linear, hyaline, 3-nerved base of the awn; the _awn_ is 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches and bent at about the middle.”
“*puts awn hat wiv corkz, getz owt geetar, fynds stump tu sit awn*”
Allergic to - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“*gigglolz…owchi…gigglolz* teh lazt tin ai wud beh wantins rite at teh moment Aiz in rite neow tuday dis sekund ob teh caterday aberturnoon rite neow iz anyfing with the furmentedness *holds awn tu hur heds an putz the sungoggehbglasses awn*”
Lolcat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Teh kitteez heer in Victoria, OZ, hab tu wair a tag awn a kollar, hab a chip in teh skin, hab a tattuu in teh eer adn arnt allowd owt at nite !”
It’s a warm AND a source of noms. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“She still carried her teef home inna hanky wiv her name awn, ob corse.”
some assemblies required - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“June 13, 2010 at 3:08 pm yu bii postun dat won wif eh tag awn teh faisbuk, aifinkso…”
I sed rub it… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“I klikked awn mah bloo name awn Who be talkin an it sed URL nawt valid or sumfink lyke dat.”
Just wait until the tomcat who is - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Can ai has ur awto…orter…ottur…. can u rite ur name awn dis pees of paper plz?”
I so hungry I could eat a…. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“The two lateral lobes are narrower, sometimes linear, and are often prolonged into an awn, which is generally turned away from the center of the spike.”
“The long awn, which is around 7 times as long as the lemma, is attached to the top of the lemma.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘awn’.
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Rare Words - A
Not just rare words, but thousands of RARE WORDS WITH DEFINITIONS.
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http://phrontistery.i...aba, abacinate, abactor, abaculus, abaft, abampere, abapical, abarticular, abasement, abasia, abask, abatis and 1214 more...
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phrontistery - a
from phrontistery.info
axilla, avalement, argil, argent, argand, arete, aretaics, areometer, areology, arenoid, arenaceous, arefy and 1214 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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Grasses
Grasses, and words about grasses.
Prairie grasses names are found in this list.
Names of medical marijuana strains can be found elsewhere.cheatgrass, downy brome, chess, brome, bronco-grass, graminoid, grassland, phytolith, steppe, tallgrass prairie, sword grass, panicle and 323 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, A
abaculus, abacus, abaft, abarticular, abbreviate, abeyance, abiding, anthocyanin, antemeridian, arcane, adjure, adduce and 418 more...
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Unusual words for Words With Friends
A list of words that WWF recognizes as valid - most are unusual words; some are simply high-scoring.
botel, slipe, jeu, chub, chubs, cote, mure, tittle, dev, loo, hoke, helo and 357 more...
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strangelyrouge's Words
glockenspiel, gewgaw, jetsam, flotsam, gripe, grab, wench, whilst, betwixt, hither, thither, yonder and 1034 more...
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wickedwitch's list
lll
alit, plinth, eclat, diaphanous, portico, nival, daedal, apse, fossa, pellet, avail, midge and 143 more...
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misc. plant morphology
the concise british flora in colour (w. keble martin) - glossary - edited, and to be added to
whorled, viviparous, vittae, viscid, villous, valvate, unarmed, umbellate, umbel, tubercle, triquetrous, trigonous and 135 more...
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Flora and Fauna
poa annua, pooka, vole, bestiary, popple, turgor, starling, sharpy, copse, coreopsis, clove, corvid and 348 more...
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I Live a (SOWPODS) Hardscrabble Life
aa, ad, ae, ah, ai, am, an, ar, as, at, aw, ax and 168 more...
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persnickety parlance
behoove, ebullient, insouciant, insipient, froth, quandary, quixotic, tendril, maktub, furrow, furl, anastrophe and 1076 more...
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The Old English Influence
Modern English words impacted by and descended from Old English.
a, aback, abaft, abide, about, above, abode, accursed, accurst, ache, acknowledge, acorn and 109 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
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cricketann's Words
time, neck, fallacy, huzzah, lithe, wayback, anil, chaste, mineral, biota, crepuscular, dawn and 16 more...
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hard words
elided, ephemerally, erudite, shrewd, embers, tharted, elision, junket, impeachment, exultation, eyrie, preen and 34 more...
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