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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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