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awn
awn [ awn ] (plural awns)


noun 
Definition:
 
bristle on top of grass seed: a stiff bristle projecting from the tip of a plant organ such as the sheath surrounding a cereal or grass seed
[12th century. < Old Norse agn- "chaff"]

awned adjective
awn·less [ áwnləss ] adjective
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