Antonyms for awn

Grammar : Noun

Spell : awn

Phonetic Transcription : ɔn

Definition of awn

Origin : "bristly fibers on grain of plants," c.1300, from Old Norse ögn, from Proto-Germanic *agano (cf. Old English egenu, Old High German agana, German Ahne, Gothic ahana), from PIE *ak-ona- (cf. Sanskrit asani- "arrowhead," Greek akhne "husk of wheat," Latin acus "chaff," Lithuanian akuotas "beard, awn"); suffixed form of PIE root *ak- "sharp" (see acrid).

As in point : noun sharp end, top, end of extension
As in mucro : noun point
As in mucronation : noun point

Example sentences :

The fourth glume is the flattened base of the awn, epaleate.
Extract from : « A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses » by Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

In the locality this was called “picklin in his awn poke neuk.”
Extract from : « Lives of the Engineers » by Samuel Smiles

The little I have is free, and I can call it my awn—hame's hame, let it be never so hamely.
Extract from : « The History of John Bull » by John Arbuthnot

Bear, my dearest friend, bear is all they have, and wonderment it is to me that they ever see an awn of it.
Extract from : « The Pirate » by Sir Walter Scott

The awn or beard is merely an elongation of the palea inferior.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4 » by Various

Awn brown, twisted and bent, arising from the middle, about 30 mm.
Extract from : « Grasses » by H. Marshall Ward

It requires scrutiny in regard to Agrostis, which also has no awn or basal hairs.
Extract from : « Grasses » by H. Marshall Ward

Spikelet with a reddish tinge; awn almost smooth, less than 20 mm.
Extract from : « Grasses » by H. Marshall Ward

The awn is inserted between the two teeth of the palea or just below.
Extract from : « Grasses » by H. Marshall Ward

In the locality this was called "picklin in his awn poke neuk."
Extract from : « The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson » by Samuel Smiles

Synonyms for awn

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