单词 | detassel |
释义 | detassel in British English (diːˈtæsəl) verb (transitive) agriculture to remove the upper, pollen-bearing part (the tassel) of a corn (maize) plant and place it on the ground. This is done to one variety of corn in a plantation containing two varieties, so that all the corn will be pollinated by a single variety, thus producing fertile hybrids detassel in American English (diˈtæsəl) verb transitiveWord forms: deˈtasseled or deˈtasselled, deˈtasseling or deˈtasselling to remove tassels from (corn) so as to assure cross-pollination for the production of hybrid corn seed |
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