awned

Bearded, like barley

Awned describes a plant structure bearing awns—the bristle-like extensions found on grains and grasses.

Barley and some wheat varieties are awned, their seed heads bristling with stiff projections: awned barley, awned brome grass.

The opposite is awnless.

botany

awn

Bristle on grain

bristleCoarse animal hair
beardFacial hair growth
lemmaBase form, or helper theorem

floret · spikelet · inflorescence · culm · rachis · node · internode · tiller · chaff · husk

texture

bristly

Covered with stiff hairs

spikyHaving sharp projections
roughUneven in surface
pricklySpiny or irritable

barbed · pointed · sharp · hairy · tufted · coarse · scratchy

agriculture

barley

Grain for malt

wheatCereal crop for flour
ryeHardy cereal crop
emmerPrimitive hulled wheat species

spelt · cereal · grain · crop · harvest · threshing · winnowing · combine · reaper · sickle

grasses

fescue

Fine-bladed pasture grass

bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
ryegrassHardy turf species
bentgrassFine-bladed turf species

timothy · foxtail · needlegrass · wild oat · meadow · prairie · pasture · turf · sward · hayfield

Opposites

presence of awns

Without terminal bristles

beardless · blunt · naked · smooth

Phrases

awning windowsTop-hinged openable glass panels
retractable awningFoldable mounted exterior cover

Family

awning, awnings, awns

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