detassel

detassel
v.t., detasseled, detasseling or (esp. Brit.) detasselled, detasselling.

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  • detassel — [dē tas′əl] vt. detasseled or detasselled, detasseling or detasselling to remove tassels from (corn) so as to assure cross pollination for the production of hybrid corn seed …   English World dictionary

  • 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

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