Meanings
- not comparableFurnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.
... between three roses seeded and awned proper, a chevron gules, ...
1836, Thomas Wright, The history and topography of ... Essex, page 6542 more examples
[…] commonly two-awned ; but in some flowers the awns are nearly obsolete; in others there are[…]
1848, Smithsonian, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, page 106[…] with the roses "seeded or, awned vert”; but the introduction of these tinctures is[…]
1893, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, page 164Synonyms: aristate
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFurnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses
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awned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awned
“awned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awned. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “awned,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awned.
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