- detassel
- detassel [dē tas′əl]vt.detasseled or detasselled, detasseling or detassellingto remove tassels from (corn) so as to assure cross-pollination for the production of hybrid corn seed
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detassel
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detassel — v.t., detasseled, detasseling or (esp. Brit.) detasselled, detasselling. * * * … Universalium
detassel — verb To remove the pollen bearing tassel from a female maize plant as part of the hybridization process … Wiktionary
detassel — de·tassel … English syllables
detassel — (ˈ)dē+ transitive verb : to remove the tassels that bear the staminate flowers of (corn) thereby preventing self pollination * * * v.t., detasseled, detasseling or (esp. Brit.) detasselled, detasselling … Useful english dictionary
Detasseling — The tassel of a corn plant Detasseling corn is removing the pollen producing flowers, the tassel, from the tops of corn (maize) plants and placing them on the ground. It is a form of pollination control,[1] employed to cross breed, or hybridize,… … Wikipedia
