AWN

n. bristle on a plant (Botany)

AWN as an abbreviation may refer to:Animation World Network, an online organisation for animators.Avant Window Navigator, a dock-like bar that tracks open windows.Academic Women's Network, at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, http://awn.wustl.eduActive Web Networks www-net.comAlternative Weekly Network www.awn.orgAtlanta Women's Network www.atlantawomensnetwork.orgAustralian Witches Network http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AWN
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Noun
1. slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
(hypernym) beard

(n.)
The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
  

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