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

蔓延る[habikoru] to spread
芋蔓[imozuru] sweet-potato vines
芋蔓式[imozurushiki] one after another
金蔓[kanezuru] source of revenue
蔓延[manen] spread (e.g. of a disease)

手蔓[tezuru] connections
日陰蔓[hikagenokazura] running ground pine (species of club moss, Lycopodium clavatum)
甘茶蔓[amachazuru] jiaogulan (species of herbaceous vine; Gynostemma pentaphyllum)
蔦蔓[tsutakazura] ivy and vines
蔓草[tsurukusa] vine