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Definitions for Awn

[1] a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
[2] such appendages collectively, as those forming the beard of wheat, barley, etc.
[3] any similar bristle.
[4] any of the bristles growing from the spikelets of certain grasses, including cereals

Words related to Awn

dagger, spire, promontory, headland, barb, apex, tip, snag, tine, sword, spike, jag, prong, cusp, head, prick, beak, cape, spur, spine

Words nearby Awn

awl snail, awl-shaped, awless, awlwort, awmous, awn, awner, awning, awning deck, awning window, awnless bromegrass

Origin of Awn

1250–1300; Middle English aw(u)n, agune, agene, probably < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse ǫgn, Old Danish aghn husk; replacing and cognate with Old English ægnan; cognate with Gothic ahana, Old High German agana (German Agen, Ahne ), Dutch, Frisian agen; OL agna ear of grain, Czech osina awn; Greek ákaina thorn, bristle, ákhnē chaff (< a pre-Hellenic substratum language); < Indo-European *Ha eḱ- sharp

Other words from Awn

awned , adjective
awn·less , adjective
un·awned , adjective

Word origin for Awn

Old English agen ear of grain; related to Old Norse ögn chaff, Gothic ahana, Old High German agana, Greek akōn javelin

Synonyms for Awn

apex, barb, beak, bill, cape, claw, cusp, dagger, foreland, head, headland, jag, nib, prick, promontory, prong, snag, spike, spine, spire, spur, sticker, stiletto, summit, sword, thorn, tine, tip, tooth, pin point, prickler