Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretassel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-tas-sel
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before the appearance of the tassels (pollen-producing flowers) on corn.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From pre- + tassel.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does pretassel mean?: Before the appearance of the tassels (pollen-producing flowers) on corn.
Where does pretassel come from?: From pre- + tassel.

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