turion
noun
tu·ri·on
ˈt(y)u̇rēˌän
plural -s
: a scaly shoot (as of asparagus and some duckweeds) developed from a bud on a subterranean or submerged rootstock
turioniferous adjective
¦t(y)u̇rēə¦nif(ə)rəs
Word History
Etymology
New Latin turion-, turio, from Latin, sprout, tendril, young branch; probably akin to Latin tumēre to swell, be swollen
- collineation
- colling
- collings
- collingual
- collins
- collinses
- collinsia
- collinsiae
- collinsias
- collinsite
- collinsonia
- collinsoniae
- collinsonias
- Collinsville
- colliquate
- collision
- collision bulkhead
- collision clause
- collision course
- collision insurance
- collision mat
- collisional
- collisionally
- collisionless
- collisions