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turion
[ toor-ee-on, tyoor- ]
noun
Botany.
- a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
turion
/ ˈʊəɪə /
noun
- a perennating bud produced by many aquatic plants: it detaches from the parent plant and remains dormant until the following spring
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of turion1
< Latin ٳܰō- (stem of ٳܰō ) young shoot
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of turion1
C17: from French turion , from Latin turio shoot
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Turion, tū′ri-on, n. a shoot from an underground bud, growing upward into a new stem.—adj.
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