Thesaurus: scion

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1. n. A shoot or sprout of a plant; a sucker.
2. n. A piece of a slender branch or twig cut for grafting.
3. n. Hence, a descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal stock.
4. n. a descendant or heir
5. 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.
6. n:100 n. a descendent or heir