[too
r-ee-on, tyoor-] 
| a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop. |
| tu·ri·on (tŏŏr'ē-ŏn', tyŏŏr'-) n. A thick fleshy young shoot or sucker, such as an emerging stem of asparagus. [Latin turiō, turiōn-.] |