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adjectivehaving awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses
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Origin
Translations
Irish colgach
- colgachhaving awns
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APA
awny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awny
MLA
“awny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awny. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “awny,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awny.
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