🌱 A survival bud 🌱 A young shoot

turion

9.9

A young tender shoot that grows from a plant base

noun
/ˈtʊəriən/

Specialized

: turión

Asparagus is harvested by cutting the young turions before they grow tall.

Examples

In spring, the gardener noticed a tender turion emerging from the base of the rosebush.
The turion sprouted from the ground in early spring.
The plant survives winter by producing a turion that will sprout when conditions improve.
Look at that turion!
In spring, the gardener noticed a tender turion emerging from the base of the rosebush.
Asparagus is harvested by cutting the young turions before they grow tall.
The plant survives winter by producing a turion that will sprout when conditions improve.

Synonyms

sprout

vsturion

62 1.8

A young shoot on a plant that grows from a seed

arise from underground or plant base rather than originating from seeds

soboles

vsturion

Archaic

9.9

New shoots that grow from a plant's base

develop specifically from underground or basal parts rather than from seeds

How Developed

branch

243 1.0

stem

126 1.6

shoot

31 3.0

turion

Specialized

9.9

bud

370 1.0

Surface Forms

turion singular

turions plural

Etymology

Turion comes from the Latin word turio, meaning 'shoot', so you can think of it like an early 'sprout' or young 'shoot' from the base of a plant. That origin explains the modern use: a turion is a tender new growth that will grow into stems or a new plant.