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tillering

tillering noun: the property of grass species to produce multiple side shoots or tillers. Also the present participle and gerund of tiller.

Noun

tillering (countable and uncountable, plural tillerings)

  1. (uncountable) The property of grass species to produce multiple side shoots or tillers.
  2. (countable) A side shoot or tiller.

Also used as

tillering is also the present participle and gerund of tiller.

Forms of tillering

pluraltillerings

Questions about tillering

What does tillering mean?
Tillering means the property of grass species to produce multiple side shoots or tillers.
What part of speech is tillering?
Tillering is a noun.
What is the plural of tillering?
The plural of tillering is tillerings.

Words near tillering in the dictionary

  1. tiller yoke
  2. tiller yokes
  3. tiller-beam
  4. tiller-beams
  5. tillered
  6. tillering
  7. tillerings
  8. tillerless
  9. tillerman
  10. tillermen
  11. tillers

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