fresh, young ears of rice
cattail cotton; cattail fluff; bulrush down
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
harvested grain; harvested rice ears
first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; offering (to the gods)
scion; cion; (horticultural) graft; opportunity to continue a conversation
rows of grain thrusting upright
to pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation