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The definition of a scion is a descendant or a bud from a plant.

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An example of a scion is what a gardener uses to graft one rose species to another.

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noun

a shoot or bud of a plant, esp. one for planting or grafting
a descendant; offspring

Origin: ME sioun, ciun < OFr cion, earlier chion < Gmc *kijan-, to sprout < IE base *ĝei-, ĝī- > OHG chīnan, to sprout, OE kith, sprig

See scion in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A descendant or heir.
also ci·on A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French cion

Origin: , possibly of Germanic origin

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