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PREFERRED TERM
Ear  
DEFINITION
  • n. A term inherited from Germanic. The representation of the compact flowering spike or seed-bearing head of certain cereal grasses, as wheat, barley, and rye.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
  • spike
  • sprig
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Epi

French

Spiga

Italian

Espiga

Spanish

espigas
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/836
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