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awn

/awn/US // ɔn //UK // (ɔːn) //

芒,芒果,芒刺在背,芒刺

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
    • : such appendages collectively, as those forming the beard of wheat, barley, etc.
    • : any similar bristle.

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Examples

  • This awn is sensitive to changes in the moisture of the air.

  • "You go awn and start something—and you'll wisht you hadn't," they heard him croak from the big gate, and chuckled over his wrath.

  • Go awn and tell him a good, stiff lie, Andy—just to keep him interested while us fellers make a gitaway.

  • She used to say, "Lawd, chile, you don't know how soovin' it is to jest bust out awn 'casions lake dese!"

  • Seeds of hermaphrodite flowers quadrangular, crowned by one long awn, and the rudiment of another.