detassel
English
Etymology
de- + tassel
Verb
detassel (third-person singular simple present detassels, present participle detasseling or detasselling, simple past and past participle detasseled or detasselled)
- (US, transitive) To remove the pollen-bearing tassel from (a female maize plant) as part of the hybridization process.
See also
detasseling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- dateless, tasseled