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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesノギ
Native Script:のぎ
Pronunciation / Transliteration: nogi
"麦の穂には鋭いノギがある。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A bristle-like appendage on the spikelet of grasses, such as barley and oats.
"The golden wheat swayed in the breeze, each grain topped with a sharp awn."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'agen', meaning beard or awn of grain, tracing back to Proto-Germanic *agino- and related to Old Norse 'ǫgn' and Latin 'acus' (needle, chaff). Historically used in botany to describe the slender, bristle-like appendage growing from the inflorescence of grasses and cereal grains.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Awn" is said worldwide
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arête
Transliteration: aʀɛt
"L'arête de l'épis de blé protège les grains."
Granne
Transliteration: ˈɡʁanə
"Die Granne des Getreides schützt die Frucht."
aristaf
Transliteration: aˈrista
Script: arista
"L'arista della spiga è molto appuntita."
arista
Transliteration: aˈɾista
"La aristaf de la espiga protege el grano."
arista
Transliteration: aˈɾiʃtɐ
"A arista da espiga é fina e pontiaguda."
बाल
Transliteration: baal
"गेहूं की बालियों पर छोटे कांटेदार बाल होते हैं।"
芒
Transliteration: máng
"麦穗上长着细长的芒。"
까락
Transliteration: kkarak
"보리 이삭에는 긴 까락이 있다."
ノギ
Transliteration: nogi
Script: のぎ
"麦の穂には鋭いノギがある。"
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