稲穂[inaho] ear (head) of rice
花穂[kasui] spike (in botany)
刈穂[kariho] harvested grain
垂り穂[tariho] drooping ears (of grain)
瑞穂の国[mizuhonokuni] Japan, the Land of Abundant Rice

穂先[hosaki] ear (e.g. of wheat)
落穂拾い[ochibohiroi] gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
黒穂[kuroho] smut
穂状[suijou] shaped like an ear of grain

一重継ぎ[hitoetsugi] sheep bend (knot)
引継ぐ[hikitsugu] to take over
継合せる[tsugiawaseru] to join together
継接ぎ[tsugihagi] patching (and darning)
継足す[tsugitasu] to extend (e.g. a house)

継ぐ[tsugu] to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)
継嗣[keishi] successor
継っ子[keishi] stepchild
継承[keishou] inheritance
継承者[keishousha] successor