tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.);  tip (of a brush, spear, etc.);  point;  spearhead
 fresh, young ears of rice
 first ears of rice of the season;  first crops of the season;  first harvest of the season;  offering (to the gods)
 harvested grain;  harvested rice ears
 scion;  cion;  (horticultural) graft;  opportunity to continue a conversation
 scion;  cion;  (horticultural) graft;  opportunity to continue a conversation
 cattail cotton;  cattail fluff;  bulrush down
 to pick up the thread of a story;  to resume a conversation
 rows of grain thrusting upright
 to pick up the thread of a story;  to resume a conversation
 Japanese odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis);  Peters' odd-scaled snake;  grey burrowing snake
 Thelypteris acuminata (species of fern)