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ci⋅on

  [sahy-uhn]
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–noun
scion (def. 2).

-cion

 
var. of -tion: suspicion.
Origin:
< L, equiv. to -c- final in v. stem + -iōn- -ion

sci⋅on

  [sahy-uhn]
–noun
1. a descendant.
2. Also, cion. a shoot or twig, esp. one cut for grafting or planting; a cutting.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME shoot, twig < OF cion < Frankish *kī- (cf. OE cīnan, OS kīnan, OHG chīnan to sprout, OE cīth, OS kīth sprout) + OF -on n. suffix

Synonyms:
1. child, issue, offshoot, progeny.

-tion

 
a suffix occurring in words of Latin origin, used to form abstract nouns from verbs or stems not identical with verbs, whether as expressing action (revolution; commendation), or a state (contrition; starvation), or associated meanings (relation; temptation).
Also, -ation, -cion, -ion, -sion, -xion.

Origin:
< L -tiōn- (s. of -tiō), equiv. to -t(us) ptp. suffix + -iōn- -ion
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ci·on   (sī'ən)   
n.  Variant of scion.
sci·on   (sī'ən)   
n.  
  1. A descendant or heir.
  2. also ci·on (sī'ən) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting.

[Middle English, from Old French cion, possibly of Germanic origin.]
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Cion

Ci"on\, n. [OF. cion. See Scion.] See Scion.

The cion overruleth the stock; and the stock is but passive, and giveth aliment, but no motion, to the graft. --Bacon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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