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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scion  \Sci"on\,  n.  [OF.  cion,  F.  scion,  probably  from  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scion 
  n  :  a  descendent  or  heir;  "a  scion  of  royal  stock" 




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