ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Scion', Synonyms of 'Scion' & More on 'Scion'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

scion
    n 1: a descendent or heir; "a scion of royal stock"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.]
          [1913 Webster]

   2. Hence, a descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal
      stock.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Scion:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

appendage, arm, bine, bough, branch, branchedness, branchiness, burgeon, child, daughter, deadwood, descendant, flagellum, fork, foster child, frond, grandchild, granddaughter, grandson, hand, heiress, imp, joint, leg, limb, link, lobe, lobule, member, offshoot, offspring, organ, pinion, ramage, ramification, runner, sapling, sarment, seedling, set, shoot, slip, son, son and heir, sonny, spear, spray, sprig, sprit, sprout, spur, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepson, stolon, sucker, switch, tail, tendril, thallus, twig, wing

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