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Meanings of awny in English

Having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses.

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A few, already awned, stood above their fellows, waving like palms- meadowgrass, fescue, foxtail, brome-grass-eachslender stalk crowned with a tuft.
The Ink-Stain (Tache d'encre) — Volume 1