pretassel

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adjective

Before the appearance of the tassels (pollen-producing flowers) on corn.

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Meanings

adjectivepretassel (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore the appearance of the tassels (pollen-producing flowers) on corn.

    The fall armyworm, scourge of young pretassel corn, grows up to be a nondescript brown moth about the length of a long finger’s knuckle.

    2008 January 8, Guy Gugliotta, “To Raise Armyworms and Corn Borers, Study Insect Husbandry”, in New York Times

Origin

From pre- + tassel.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

taperlessprelatess
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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