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Definition of Awn

Awn
Awn Awn, 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. ?, AS. egla; prob. from same root as E. acute. See 3d Ear. ?1.] (Bot.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. --Gray.

Meaning of Awn from wikipedia

- Look up awn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. AWN may stand for: Awn Access to Justice Network in Gaza Strip, Legal Aid Network operate in Gaza Strip...
- In botany, an awn is either a hair- or bristle-like appendage on a larger structure, or in the case of the Asteraceae, a stiff needle-like element of...
- Awn hairs are the intermediate hairs in a mammal's coat. They are shorter than the guard hairs and longer than the down hairs. They help with insulation...
- commonly whiskers; pelage, which consists of guard hairs, under-fur, and awn hair; spines, which are a type of stiff guard hair used for defense in, for...
- ʿAwn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar (Arabic: عون بن عبدالله بن جَعفر), known as Awn al-Akbar (died October 10, 680), was a son of Zaynab who accompanied Husayn...
- ʿAwn ibn Jaʿfar (Arabic: عون إبن جعفر) was a companion and relative of Muhammad. He was born in Abyssinia, the third son of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and Asma...
- of plants in the gr**** family. Aristida is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species...
- The Mausoleum of Imam Awn al-Din (Arabic: مشهد الامام عون الين, romanized: Mashhad Al-Imam Awn Al-Din) was a historic shrine that was located in Mosul...
- Michel Naim Aoun (Arabic: ميشال نعيم عون, Lebanese Arabic: [miˈʃɛl naˈʕiːm ʕaʊ̯n]; born 30 September 1933) is a Lebanese politician and former military...
- Chaudhry blessed with baby boy". Daily ****stan. Retrieved 29 June 2023. "Awn Chaudhry got a new responsibility in Punjab government". December 15, 2020...