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AWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does awn mean?
• AWN (noun)
The noun AWN has 1 sense:
1. slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
Familiarity information: AWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("awn" is a kind of...):
beard (a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses)
Derivation:
awny (having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses)
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