tassel
流苏,缨子,穗子,缨络
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Definitions
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- : a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- : something resembling this, as the inflorescence of certain plants, especially that at the summit of a stalk of corn.
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tas·seled, tas·sel·ing or tas·selled, tas·sel·ling.
- : to furnish or adorn with tassels.
- : to form into a tassel or tassels.
- : to remove the tassel from in order to improve the crop.
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tas·seled, tas·sel·ing or tas·selled, tas·sel·ling.
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Examples
The tassel produces pollen, which is the semen of the plant world.
Matt was placing tassels in the graduation boxes, and everything was perfectly laid out.
She stared absently at the silk tassel, twirling it about her white fingers more and more rapidly.
Then, resuming his cape and Belgian cap, with its tassel over his forehead, he went out into the street again.
He wore a nightcap with a tassel, and for days never left his room, occasionally appearing in a faded peacock-blue dressing-gown.
Cordelia was making the tassel for one corner, and Alma Lane one for another.
But Tilly only laughed, and Cordelia forgot her question with the last stitch she put into her tassel.