Corn spike (3)
I believe the answer is:
ear
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">corn spike</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ear that I've seen before include "Hammer in this" , "Head of grain" , "Auricle" , "Organ inside heart" , "Part of cereal plant containing seed" .)