Home › Words › E › earheadearheadearhead means the grain-bearing tip of the stem of a cereal plant.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, earhead ranks #11,207 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyEar + headnounThe grain-bearing tip of the stem of a cereal plant.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.earshoot 69% match — A shoot that develops from an ear of grain vs earhead →icker 68% match — A head of grain. vs earhead →seedhead 63% match — A part of certain plants that bears the seeds after flowering, as in the dandelion. vs earhead →earball 61% match — The ear. vs earhead →rizom 61% match — A plume or ear, as of oats or corn. vs earhead →awn 58% match — The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. vs earhead →breadcorn 58% match — Corn or grain from which bread is made. vs earhead →cornhusk 58% match — The husk of an ear of corn (maize). vs earhead →