Awn

A fine bristle ending an organ (usually in grass flowers).


A terminal or lateral bristle on a seed or plant organ.


A narrow, elongated appendage, usually at the tip of an achene.


A bristle-like appendage.


An elongate, stiff bristle often attached to the flowers of grasses.


A projecting bristle found in a particular position on a plant organ. The best known awns are on spikelets of some grasses, for example, barley and wild oats.


 


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