Category:Scion

Sci"on, n. Etym: [of. cion, f. scion, probably fron 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.