detassel

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English

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Etymology

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From de- +‎ tassel.

Verb

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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.

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