Spine
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from African grasslands, Group 1556, Puzzle 3 (Candelabra Tree).
Question is: Spine
and the answer is: BACKBONE
Word Meaning:
BACKBONE — (countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
Definitions from Wiktionary.