'Scion' definitions:
Definition of 'scion'
(from WordNet)
noun
A descendent or heir; "a scion of royal stock"
Definition of 'Scion'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, a descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal stock. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appendage,
- arm,
- bine,
- bough,
- branch,
- branchedness,
- branchiness,
- burgeon,
- child,
- daughter,
- deadwood,
- descendant,
- flagellum,
- fork,
- foster child,
- frond,
- grandchild,
- granddaughter,
- grandson,
- hand,
- heiress,
- imp,
- joint,
- leg,
- limb,
- link,
- lobe,
- lobule,
- member,
- offshoot,
- offspring,
- organ,
- pinion,
- ramage,
- ramification,
- runner,
- sapling,
- sarment,
- seedling,
- set,
- shoot,
- slip,
- son,
- son and heir,
- sonny,
- spear,
- spray,
- sprig,
- sprit,
- sprout,
- spur,
- stepchild,
- stepdaughter,
- stepson,
- stolon,
- sucker,
- switch,
- tail,
- tendril,
- thallus,
- twig,
- wing