awn

A noun referring to a slender, bristle-like appendage found on the bracts of grasses and some other plants.

• 🇩🇪Ein dünner, borstenartiger Fortsatz an den Hüllspelzen von Getreide und anderen Gräsern sowie an bestimmten anderen Pflanzen.

1. Slender bristle on grass C2 formal scientific

   A slender, bristle-like appendage that grows from the bracts (glumes or lemmas) of the spikelets in many grasses, often aiding in seed dispersal.

   • The awn of wild barley helps the seed burrow into the soil.
   • Botanists use the length of the awn to identify different grass species.
   • The awn is a key characteristic in the classification of certain cereal grains.

   🇩🇪Granne

   Synonyme: aristaseta