TURION

Noun

turion (plural turions)

(botany) A bud, produced by some aquatic plants, that becomes detached and dormant until the following spring

Source: Wiktionary


Tu"ri*on, n. (Bot.)

Definition: Same as Turio.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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