detassel

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ tassel.

Verb

detassel (third-person singular simple present detassels, present participle detasseling or detasselling, simple past and past participle detasseled or detasselled)

1. (US, transitive) To remove the pollen-bearing tassel from (a female maize plant) as part of the hybridization process.

See also

• detasseling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dateless, tasseled