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Answer for the clue "Beard of grain ", 3 letters:
awn

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"bristly fibers on grain of plants," c.1300, from Old Norse ögn , from Proto-Germanic *agano (cognates: Old English egenu , Old High German agana , German Ahne , Gothic ahana ), from PIE *ak-ona- (cognates: Sanskrit asani- "arrowhead," Greek akhne "husk ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 . Awns are characteristic of various plant families, including Geraniaceae and many grasses ...

Usage examples of awn.

Enyhow, thishere stranger awn whut lookted like a Kuhmbuhluhn hoss rid up aside of him and basted him with one them iron clubs the Kuhmbuhluhn mens fights with lots of times.

Then he understood that it was a field of grass, perhaps squirreltail with its plumelike flower spikes and silky awns.

But long about the four-oh-one turnoff to Butluh, Merluhn, it'd got so gadhawful bad awn the road you couldn' see more'n ten foot ahead an' the wipers won't no good at-tall.

The Bearded Darnel, a common grass weed in English cornfields, is easily distinguished by its long glumes or awns and turgid, fruiting pales, containing the large grains, from the common Ray or Rye-grass (Lolium perenne), which is one of the best of the cultivated grasses, peculiarly adapted for both hay and pasture, especially in wet or uncertain climates.

Later awn there are going to be elections, and if you wawnt another office than the one I give you, you can run for it.