tiller

1. :  a lever used to turn the rudder of a boat from side to side; broadly :  a device or system that plays a part in steering something

1. :  stalk, sprout; especially :  one from the base of a plant or from the axils of its lower leaves

of a plant

1. intransitive verb

2. :  to put forth tillers

1. :  a lever used to turn the rudder of a boat from side to side

1. :  someone or something that tills land