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to tassel

to tassel

7.5
To grow long thin flower parts on plants like corn
  • verb
  • /ˈtæsəl/
translation icon : formar borlas
  • It's coming up beautifully, starting to tassel, actually, and some really pretty varieties here.
  • tasseled corn

Examples

  • We head to the streambed between acres and acres of sorrel-tasseled corn.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The earth grass was edible, and the horses snatched mouthsful of the tasseled grass as we walked, releasing seeds into the air.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The corn began to tassel as the warm summer weather arrived.

  • As the sorghum plants grow, they will soon tassel and produce their flowering parts.

  • In the garden, the sweet corn is starting to tassel, indicating it's time to prepare for harvesting.

Synonyms

to flower
vsto tassel
40 1.0

To produce the colorful part of a plant that makes seeds

produces the specific long reproductive part on grasses such as corn and sorghum

Compounds

tassel flower
8.4

A plant with young leaves eaten as vegetables and seeds used as cereal

tassel flower
9.4

A tropical plant with bright red flowers shaped like tassels grown for gardens

tassel hyacinth
  • Specialized
9.9

A Mediterranean plant with a top group of blue-violet flowers above other flowers

Surface Forms

tassel infinitive
tasseled past
tasseled past participle
tasseling present participle
tassels third person singular

Etymology

When used for plants, tassel gives a clear picture: farmers called the loose top of corn a 'tassel' because it looks like a bunch of threads, so a plant 'tassels' when it grows that flowering tuft. That's why saying the corn is tasseling means the crop is making its flower tuft.