Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To remove the tassel of growing Indian corn. See
detasseling .
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- verb US, transitive To
remove thepollen -bearing tassel from a femalemaize plant as part of thehybridization process.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I was scheduled to detassel corn that summer before college.
Whitmore, 1969 2006
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I was scheduled to detassel corn that summer before college.
Whitmore, 1969 2006
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I was scheduled to detassel corn that summer before college.
Whitmore, 1969 2006
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Seed companies in Indiana used to rely on high school and college students to detassel corn but in the last 20 years have moved to employing migrant workers, said Kent Yeager, director of public policy for the Indiana Farm
The Monitor : Jazmine Ulloa 2010
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Before the graveside service, friends and family talked about how a younger Bud Moit supervised teams of young people to detassel corn.
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Before the graveside service, friends and family talked about how a younger Bud Moit supervised teams of young people to detassel corn.
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