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detasseling

detasseling is the present participle and gerund of detassel.

Meaning of detassel

Verb

detassel (third-person singular simple present detassels, present participle (US) detasseling or (UK) detasselling, simple past and past participle (US) detasseled or (UK) detasselled)

  1. (US, transitive) To remove the pollen-bearing tassel from (a female maize plant) as part of the hybridization process.

Questions about detasseling

What is detasseling the present participle and gerund of?
Detasseling is the present participle and gerund of detassel.

Words near detasseling in the dictionary

  1. detartrates
  2. detartrating
  3. detartration
  4. detassel
  5. detasseled
  6. detasseling
  7. detasselled
  8. detasselling
  9. detassels
  10. detax
  11. detaxation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: detasseling (page history and authors); detassel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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