scion

sci·on  (sn)

n.

1. A descendant or heir.

2. also ci·on (sn) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting.

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

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scion [ˈsaɪən]

n

1. a descendant, heir, or young member of a family

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a shoot or twig of a plant used to form a graft

[from Old French cion, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German chīnan to sprout]

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scion  (sn)

A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

scion - a descendent or heir; "a scion of royal stock" descendant, descendent - a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

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scion

noun descendant, child, offspring, successor, heir He was the scion of an aristocratic family that lost its fortune in the revolution.

Translations

scion [ˈsaɪən] N (Bot, fig) → vástago m
scion of a noble family → vástago m de una familia noble

scion [ˈsaɪən] n

(= descendant) → rejeton m

(BOTANY) → rejeton m

scion

n

(Bot) → Schössling m; (for grafting) → (Pfropf)reis nt

(form) → Nachkomme m, → Nachfahr(in) m(f)