Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A descendant or heir, especially of a wealthy or prominent family.
- noun Botany A detached shoot or bud from a plant that is joined to a rootstock in grafting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shoot or twig, especially one cut for the purpose of being grafted upon some other tree, or for planting.
- noun Hence A descendant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Formerly written also cion, and cyon., Formerly written also cion, and cyon. A shoot or sprout of a plant; a sucker.
- noun Formerly written also cion, and cyon. A piece of a slender branch or twig cut for grafting.
- noun Hence, a descendant; an heir.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
descendant , especially a first-generation descendant. - noun A detached
shoot ortwig containingbuds from a woody plant, used ingrafting ; ashoot ortwig in a general sense. - noun The
heir to athrone . - noun A
guardian .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a descendent or heir
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The smugness is reinforced not just by his history as the entitled scion of one of America's aristocratic dynasties, but also by his conviction that his every action is blessed from on high.
Political Waves 2009
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The smugness is reinforced not just by his history as the entitled scion of one of America's aristocratic dynasties but also by his conviction that his every action is blessed from on high.
Progressive Bloggers 2009
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The smugness is reinforced not just by his history as the entitled scion of one of America's aristocratic dynasties, but also by his conviction that his every action is blessed from on high.
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The smugness is reinforced not just by his history as the entitled scion of one of America's aristocratic dynasties but also by his conviction that his every action is blessed from on high.
Toronto Mike's Blog 2009
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The smugness is reinforced not just by his history as the entitled scion of one of America's aristocratic dynasties but also by his conviction that his every action is blessed from on high. what he has learned from his time in office, he replied: "I've learned that God is good.
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The scion is the piece used as the top, fruit-producing part of the new plant.
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Wood of the last season's growth is procured from the variety which it is desired to propagate and the lower end of the scion, which is made about 4 inches long, is whittled to a wedge shape, after which it is inserted in the slit made upon the stock.
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The condition of the scion is the most important element for success in top-working hickory trees.
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A graft or scion, which is a shoot with two or more buds on it of last year's growth, is inserted on the stem of another plant called the stock.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Ellen Eddy Shaw
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This method works much better than paper bags, as they are easily water-soaked and the wind blows them against the scion, which is easily loosened and therefore fails to start.
seanahan commented on the word scion
I always pronounced this wrong when reading "The Scions of Shannara", until I said it out loud and my father laughed at me.
October 9, 2007
reesetee commented on the word scion
Sometimes the wrong pronunciation just sounds better, though. :-)
October 9, 2007
uselessness commented on the word scion
I first heard this word in the original Tomb Raider game. Should I be ashamed to admit that?
October 9, 2007
reesetee commented on the word scion
I first heard it in some church service or another.
October 9, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word scion
Possibly. Were you one of those skinny boys who glowed white? ;)
October 10, 2007
uselessness commented on the word scion
Busted.
October 10, 2007
bilby commented on the word scion
"I frequently pluck wild apples of so rich and spicy a flavor that I wonder all orchardists do not get a scion from that tree, and I fail not to bring home my pockets full. But perchance, when I take one out of my desk and taste it in my chamber I find it unexpectedly crude,--sour enough to set a squirrel's teeth on edge and make a jay scream." - 'Wild Apples', Henry David Thoreau.
December 14, 2007
oroboros commented on the word scion
SciON
April 26, 2008