Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
2. Hence, a descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal
stock.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scion
n : a descendent or heir; "a scion of royal stock"
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