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Definition of Awn

Awn
Awn Awn, n. [OE. awn, agune, from Icel. ["o]gn, pl. agnir; akin to Sw. agn, Dan. avne, Goth. ahana, OHG. agana, G. agen, ahne, chaff, Gr. ?, AS. egla; prob. from same root as E. acute. See 3d Ear. ?1.] (Bot.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. --Gray.

Meaning of Awn from wikipedia

- Look up awn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. AWN may stand for: Awn Access to Justice Network in Gaza Strip, legal aid network operating in Gaza Strip...
- An awn is a hairy or bristle-like growth on a plant. On the seeds of gr****es such as barley or rye, they form foxtails which ****ist seed dispersal by...
- Awn hairs are the intermediate hairs in a mammal's coat. They are shorter than the guard hairs and longer than the down hairs. They help with insulation...
- Animation World Network (often just "AWN") is an online publishing group that specializes in resources for animators, with an extensive website offering...
- commonly whiskers; pelage, which consists of guard hairs, under-fur, and awn hair; spines, which are a type of stiff guard hair used for defense in, for...
- Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh (Arabic: عون الخصاونة; born 22 February 1950) is a Jordanian former politician and judge who was the 39th Prime Minister of Jordan...
- Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abī ʿAwn ibn Hilāl Abi ʾl-Najm (died 933/4), usually known as Ibn Abī ʿAwn, was an Iraqi writer and poet from al-Anbār....
- of plants in the gr**** family. Aristida is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species...
- Aristida stricta, known as wiregr**** or pineland three-awn gr****, is a warm-season gr**** native to North America. The species dominates understory vegetation...
- ʿAwn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar (Arabic: عون بن عبدالله بن جَعفر), known as Awn al-Akbar (died October 10, 680), was a son of Zaynab who accompanied Husayn...