adjective
- having awns (bristle-like appendages found on grass seeds and grains)
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The awned barley seeds had long, sharp bristles extending from each grain.
- Farmers prefer awnless wheat varieties over awned ones for easier harvesting.
- The awned grass seeds easily attached to the dog’s fur during our walk.
- Botanists identified the specimen as an awned species of wild oat.
- The awned seedheads swayed in the breeze across the prairie.
- Many cereal grains are naturally awned to aid in seed dispersal.