穎えい

noun

awn; glume

Botanical term for the bristle-like appendage (awn) or the bract (glume) of grasses and grains. Rare in everyday language; typically encountered in agricultural or botanical texts.

• 稲いねの穎えいは、籾もみの先せん端たんにある細ほそい突とっ起きです。

  The awn of rice is the slender projection at the tip of the husk.

• 小こ麦むぎの穎えいは品ひん種しゅによって長ながさが異ことなる。

  The awn length of wheat varies by variety.