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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
awn /ɔːn/

▶noun Botany a stiff bristle growing from the ear or flower of barley, rye, and grasses.

– derivatives
awned adjective.

– origin OE, from ON ǫgn.

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