EAR is also used to signify a long cluster of flowers, or seeds, produced by certain plants; usually called by botanists, spica. The flowers and seeds of wheat, rye, barley, &c. grow in ears. The same holds of the flowers of lavender, &c. We say the stem of the ear, i. e. its tube, or straw: the knot of the ear; the lobes, or cells wherein the grains are inclosed: the beard of the ear, &c.