Sci"on (?), n. [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.
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