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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Awn \Awn\ ([add]n), noun [OE. awn, agune, from Icel. ["o]gn, pl. agnir; akin to Sw. agn, Dan. avne, Goth. ahana, OHG. agana, G. agen, ahne, chaff, Gr. 'a'chnh, AS. egla; prob. from same root as E. acute. See 3d {Ear}. [root]1.] (Bot.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. --Gray.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
awn
noun: slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
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