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Definition of Awnless
1. Adjective. Lacking or having only very short awns. "Awnless bromegrass"
Definition of Awnless
1. a. Without awns or beard.
Definition of Awnless
1. Adjective. Without awns or beard. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Awnless
1. awn [adj] - See also: awn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Awnless
| awmries awmry awms awn awncient awned awner awners awnier awniest | awning awning deck awning window awninged awnings awnless (current term) awns awntient awny awoke | awoken awols awork aworking awqaf awrack awrath awrathed awreak |
Literary usage of Awnless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"As this reduction of the awns was progressive and the heads have been awnless
for two seasons, it is believed that the type is fixed. ..."
2. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Lower flower neutral, of a single palea, membranaceous, awnless, as long as the
glume. Perfect flowers with 2 coriaceous awnless ..."
3. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants by William Withering, William Macgillivray (1837)
"Husks two, unequal, awnless. Seed invested by the hardened husks. ... Flowers two,
one of them destitute of stamens and style, the perfect one awnless. ..."
4. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn; Jepson (1901)
"... awnless, indistinct; palea distinct, about | line long; stamens 3; anthers J
narrow-lanceolate, f to 1 line long, minutely 3-toothed; nerves very line ..."
5. Flora Cestrica: An Attempt to Enumerate and Describe the Flowering and by William Darlington (1837)
"... awnless, oppe> one membranaceous. Hub. Moist woodlands : frequent. Fl. May.
Fr. July. Obs. This plant was mistaken fur the awnless ..."
6. The Agricultural Grasses of the United States by George Vasey, Clifford Richardson, United States Division of Botany (1884)
"than the outer glumes, the lower flower awnless, the upper one with a shart,
stout, bent, or hooked awn at the apex. This grass is not held in good repute ..."
7. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1812)
"Blossom awnless, hairy at the edge, and sometimes at the base: outer valve larger,
with 3 teeth at the end. ..."
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