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)