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ən noun
1.
a descendant.
2.
Also, cion. a shoot or twig, especially one cut for grafting or planting; a cutting.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME shoot, twig < Old French cion < Frankish *kī- (compare Old English cīnan, Old Saxon kīnan, Old High German chīnan to sprout, Old English cīth, Old Saxon kīth sprout) + Old French -on noun suffix
1275–1325; ME shoot, twig < Old French cion < Frankish *kī- (compare Old English cīnan, Old Saxon kīnan, Old High German chīnan to sprout, Old English cīth, Old Saxon kīth sprout) + Old French -on noun suffix
Synonyms
1. child, issue, offshoot, progeny.
1. child, issue, offshoot, progeny.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a descendant, heir, or young member of a family |
| 2. | a shoot or twig of a plant used to form a graft |
| [C14: from Old French cion, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German chīnan to sprout] | |
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | scion1 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a descendent or heir |
| Etymology: | Old French cion |
| Main Entry: | scion2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a detached shoot or twig of living plant, esp. used for grafting |
| Etymology: | Old French cion |
| Usage: | botany |
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Word Origin & History
scion
c.1300, "a shoot or twig," from O.Fr. sion, cion (Mod.Fr. scion, Picard chion), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Frankish *kid-, from P.Gmc. *kidon-, from PIE *geie- "to sprout, split, open." Figurative use is attested from 1580s; meaning "an heir, a descendant" is from 1814, from the "family tree"
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Science Dictionary
| scion (sī'ən) Pronunciation Key
A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting. |
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Example sentences
Grafting efficiently combines rootstock and scion traits.
The last is of the drippy scion of the once-formidable founding family, who fails even to announce the paper's closure properly.
Often a newly grafted scion will produce flowers and fruit the year it is grafted.
The effect on profitability is especially striking when a family scion is chief executive.
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