See Also: turion(medicine)
cullis(1)(dictionary)
cullis(2)(dictionary)
turion(dictionary)

cullis(2) (iou) and turion (iou)


cullis(2) (iou)



cullis noun2. M19.
[French COULISSE.]
Architecture. A grooved timber, a gutter, a channel.

turion (iou)



turion noun. Also (earlier) in Latin form turio, pl. -iones. E18.
[French from Latin turio.]
Botany.
An underground bud or shoot from which an aerial stem arises. E18.
In certain aquatic plants, a kind of perennating bud which becomes detached and remains dormant at the bottom of the water. E20.