Barley Bristle Awn

Answer for the clue barley bristle 3 letters.

Barley bristle awn.

A three letter word for grass bristle is the word awn awn is a stiff bristle especially one of those growing from the ear or flower of barley rye and many grasses. Other crossword clues with similar answers to barley bristle a couple of points making us bristle. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses. Phenotypic traits include barbed lemmas small sterile lateral spikelets short glume awns narrow leaves semismooth awns and long rachilla hairs.

Barley beard beard growing from an ear of barley or rye. 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. In grasses awns typically extend from the lemmas of the florets this often makes the hairy appearance of the grass synfloresce. A stiff bristle especially one of those growing from the ear or flower of barley rye and many grasses.

Wheat or barley covering. Awn definition a bristlelike appendage of a plant especially on the glumes of grasses.