scion Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a descendent or heir
    • a scion of royal stock

WordNet

Sci"on noun
Etymology
OF. cion, F. scion, probably fron scier to saw, fr. L. secare to cut. Cf. Section.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913