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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 1.6 [wn]:
scion
n : a descendent or heir; "a scion of royal stock"
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