DETASSEL

Etymology

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

• dateless, tasseled

Source: Wiktionary



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TEMPORIZE

(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”


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