Barley beard beard growing from an ear of barley or rye.
Barley bristle awn.
Awns are characteristic of various plant families including geraniaceae and many grasses.
In botany an awn is either a hair or bristle like appendage on a larger structure or in the case of the asteraceae a stiff needle like element of the pappus.
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Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
A stiff bristle especially one of those growing from the ear or flower of barley rye and many grasses.
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Phenotypic traits include barbed lemmas small sterile lateral spikelets short glume awns narrow leaves semismooth awns and long rachilla hairs.
In grasses awns typically extend from the lemmas of the florets this often makes the hairy appearance of the grass synfloresce.