See Also: turion(medicine)
turion(dictionary)

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.