awns in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Wild emmer wheat spikelets effectively self-cultivate by propelling themselves mechanically into soils with their awns.
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The stems branch into wide inflorescences bearing pointed bracts and flowers with spiky awns.
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The pappus may be composed of bristles (sometimes feathery), awns, scales, or may be absent.
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They are also glabrous and pubescent and have glumes which have smooth viscid awns which are 7- 14 long.
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The awns of wild emmer wheat spikelets effectively self-cultivate by propelling themselves mechanically into soils.
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During a period of increased humidity during the night, the awns of the spikelet become erect and draw together, and in the process push the grain into the soil.
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It also consists of awns, which are hairlike projections containing multicellular organisms that obtain nutrients through photosynthesis.
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