awn

n.
A slender, bristlelike appendage found on the spikelets of many grasses.

[Middle English awne, from Old Norse ögn or from Old English agen.]

awned awned adj.
awnless awn'less adj.

A long, sharp spine projecting from the coverings about a seed. They assist the seedhead in penetration of the skin and then migration through very large distances into all tissues, including even the canine intervertebral disk. They are common subcutaneous foreign bodies in sheep, where they appear to do no harm, and dogs where they commonly cause abscesses and some chronic, discharging fistulae. They are particularly troublesome in the nasal cavity, ears and eyes of dogs.

A bristlelike appendage, especially on grass seeds.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - stak

Nederlands (Dutch)
kafnaald (botanie)

Français (French)
n. - (Bot) arête, barbe

Deutsch (German)
n. - (bot.) Granne

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) αθέρας (σταχυού), άγανο

Italiano (Italian)
resta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - barba (f) da espiga de cereais (Bot.), aresta (f) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
ость (колоса)

Español (Spanish)
n. - arista, cañamiza

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - agnborst

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
谷刺, 芒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 穀刺, 芒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 까끄라기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - のぎ, のぎ状突起

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מלען, זקן השיבולים, זיף קשה הגודל ממעטה זרעים של דגנים שונים‬

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