Definitions for awn

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Spelling: [awn]
IPA: /ɔn/

Awn is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 8 anagrams from letters in awn (anw).

Definitions for awn

noun

  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.

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, Ol

Examples for awn

The awn is inserted between the two teeth of the palea or just below.

Bear, my dearest friend, bear is all they have, and wonderment it is to me that they ever see an awn of it.

The fourth glume is the flattened base of the awn, epaleate.

The little I have is free, and I can call it my awn—hame's hame, let it be never so hamely.

awn brown, twisted and bent, arising from the middle, about 30 mm.

In the locality this was called “picklin in his awn poke neuk.”

The awn or beard is merely an elongation of the palea inferior.

In the locality this was called "picklin in his awn poke neuk."

Spikelet with a reddish tinge; awn almost smooth, less than 20 mm.

It requires scrutiny in regard to Agrostis, which also has no awn or basal hairs.

Word Value for awn
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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