Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Before the appearance of the tassels (pollen-producing flowers) on corn..
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.
Use pretassel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pretassel means Before the appearance of the tassels (pollen-producing flowers) on corn..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.