SCION

scion

(noun) a descendent or heir; “a scion of royal stock”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

scion (plural scions)

A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.

The heir to a throne.

A guardian.

(botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

Trivia

One of three common words ending in -cion, the rest of which are coercion and suspicion.

Anagrams

• ICONs, Nicos, cions, coins, icons, sonic

Source: Wiktionary

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Sci"on, n. Etym: [OF. cion, F. scion, probably fron scier to saw, fr. L. secare to cut. Cf. Section.]

1. (Bot.) (a) A shoot or sprout of a plant; a sucker. (b) A piece of a slender branch or twig cut for grafting. [Formerly written also cion, and cyon.]

2. Hence, a descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal stock.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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