tasseled

tassel | American Dictionary

tassel
noun[ C ]
us/ˈtæs·əl/
a group of short strings or cords held together at one end and used as a hanging decoration esp. on hats, curtains, and furniture

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As defoliation was conducted after tassel initiation, tasselling and silking were not delayed by defoliation.
Conversely, significant negative correlations were found between tassel dry weight and grain yield.
Most notably, teosinte possesses long lateral branches that are tipped by tassels (staminate inflorescences), while maize has short lateral branches tipped by ears (pistillate inflorescences).
The dates when the tassel was first visible, of pollen shed and of silk emergence were also recorded for each plant.
Inbreeding in two maize subpopulations selected for tassel size.
Only a very few eggs were found before the first tassels appeared.
In all trials, tassels were cut on ten plants per plot at anthesis.
Hybrids were grown under managed drought conditions and the tassel from five plants of each plot was removed before male flowering.
The top groups of hybrids had significantly higher numbers of ears per plant and grain per ear, better ear aspect and lower tassel dry weight.
In the case of maize, eggs first appeared thereon, in any numbers, on the extrusion of tassels.
The upper band has step frets, followed by one with tassels, then another with variable designs.
He used to wear wide white trousers and a gallabieh, and on his head a nicely embroidered cap with a large tassel which our sisters had made for him.
The vertical bar chart in black represents tassel extrusion expressed, for each date of record, as the percentage of the plants, which had, up to that date, produced visible tassels.
This is because they remain aligned with the direction of balance as the latter rotates, just as tassels hung from a car's rearview mirror also "lean" during turns.
These little chimes had a silk tassel attached to them, the weight of which was stated to be 8 lbs.
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