awnless

A botanical term meaning without awns (bristles), typically used to describe certain varieties of grasses or grains.

• 🇫🇷Terme botanique signifiant sans arêtes (barbes ou soies), généralement utilisé pour décrire certains types de graminées ou de céréales.

1. Lacking awns C2 formal

   Describes a plant, especially a grass or cereal, that does not have awns (bristle-like appendages) or has only very short ones.

   • The farmer selected an awnless variety of wheat for easier harvesting.
   • Awnless barley is preferred for animal feed.
   • The botanist noted that the specimen was awnless, unlike its relatives.

   🇫🇷sans arête (ou à arêtes très courtes)

   Synonymes: beardless

   Antonymes: awned