EAR is also used to signify a long cluster of flowers or seeds, produced by certain plants; usually called by botanists spira. The flowers and seeds of wheat, rye, barley, &c. grow in ears. The fume 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 enclosed; the beard of the ear, &c.