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detassel
detassel definition
de·tas·sel (dē tas′əl)
transitive verb detasseled -·seled or detasselled -·selled, detasseling -·sel·ing or detasselling -·sel·ling
to remove tassels from (corn) so as to assure cross-pollination for the production of hybrid corn seed
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