Tiller (Verb)
Meaning
Grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers.
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- In field conditions, the plants were allowed to grow for several weeks until they tillered freely and produced a full complement of leaves.
- Sulfonylurea herbicides affect the sulfonylurea-sensitive plants by causing them to stop tillering and decrease their rate of leaf appearance.
- Wheat crops tiller to produce additional shoots, filling any gaps in the stand to create a uniform canopy of leaves.
- Tillering involves the growth and branching of buds on the crown of established plants that tiller to produce a dense mat of leaves.
- Some grasses tiller profusely, producing a thick sward of vegetative shoots in a short time to form a dense, weed-resistant sod.