Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To remove the tassel of growing Indian corn. See detasseling.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- de- + tassel (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I was scheduled to detassel corn that summer before college.”
“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”
“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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Open List: The World of Corn
Corn-related words and phrases. This versatile crop is so important to cultures and economies - from most basic indigenous foodstuff and animal feed to source of biopolymer and biofuel.
seed corn, field corn, flint corn, sweet corn, biofuel, biopolymer, corn starch, modified corn starch, cornstarch, cornflour, polylactic acid, citric acid and 390 more...
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