pretassel

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ tassel

Adjective

pretassel (not comparable)

Before the appearance of the tassels (pollen-producing flowers) on corn.
- 2008 January 8, Guy Gugliotta, “To Raise Armyworms and Corn Borers, Study Insect Husbandry”, in New York Times‎:
  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.

Anagrams

pastelers, prelatess, relapsest, restaples, spearlets, taperless

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