detassel

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verb

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

OriginEnglish tassel ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person detassels · US participle present detasseling · UK participle present detasselling · US participle past detasseled · US past detasseled · UK participle past detasselled · UK past detasselled

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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishtassel
  8. Englishdetassel

From de- + tassel.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

datelesstasseled
Cite this entry
APA

detassel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detassel

MLA

“detassel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detassel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detassel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detassel.

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