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pretassel

pretassel adjective: before the appearance of the tassels (pollen-producing flowers) on corn.

Adjective

pretassel (not comparable)

  1. Before the appearance of the tassels (pollen-producing flowers) on corn.
    • The fall armyworm, scourge of young pretassel corn, grows up to be a nondescript brown moth about the length of a long finger’s knuckle.2008 January 8, Guy Gugliotta, “To Raise Armyworms and Corn Borers, Study Insect Husbandry”, in New York Times

Origin of pretassel

From pre- + tassel.

Questions about pretassel

What does pretassel mean?
Pretassel means before the appearance of the tassels (pollen-producing flowers) on corn.
What part of speech is pretassel?
Pretassel is an adjective.

Words near pretassel in the dictionary

  1. pretarsal
  2. pretarsi
  3. pretarsus
  4. pretas
  5. pretask
  6. pretassel
  7. pretaste
  8. pretasted
  9. pretastes
  10. pretasting
  11. pretax

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