Tassel

"Where does that bell communicate with?" he asked at last pointing to a thick bell-rope which hung down beside the bed, the tassel actually lying upon the pillow.

Remember to flip your tassel after receiving your diploma.

The tassel on their bag broke.

[…] gauzes of silver mist; Loop’d up with cords of twisted wreathed light, And tassell’d round with weeping meteors!

Maize is a crop that tassels.