Definition of "tillering" [tillering]

• Present participle of tiller. (verb)

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• "Some grain sorghum varieties have the ability to produce side shoots that grow grain heads at about the same time as the main stalk (this is called tillering)."
• "And you also don't believe that he is fully tillering his message to traditional black constituents."
• "A tillering stand (photo D) lets you study how the limbs bend from a side view."