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