Found 2 items, similar to awn.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: awn awn n : slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
English → English (gcide) Definition: Awn Awn \Awn\ ([add]n), 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. 'a`chnh, AS. egla; prob. from same root as E. acute. See 3d Ear. [root]1.] (Bot.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. --Gray. [1913 Webster]