SCION
What does "SCION" mean?
A descendant of a notable family, or a young shoot cut for grafting onto another plant.
Meanings
- A descendant or heir, especially of a wealthy or prominent family. The bank was founded by a scion of an old shipping dynasty. formal
- A young shoot or twig cut from a plant to be grafted onto a rootstock. The orchardist bound an apple scion to the wild rootstock. technical
Did you know?
- Both meanings of 'scion' come from the same image: a cutting grafted onto rootstock literally continues another plant's life, which is why the word also names a person who carries on a family line.
Word origin
From Old French 'cion' ('shoot, twig'), of uncertain ultimate origin; the sense of a family descendant grew from the image of a living shoot branching off a family tree.
Remember it
A scion 'sigh's on' the family tree - say it 'SY-on', and picture a twig sighing on a branch.
A little poem
Cut from one tree, bound to another,
the scion forgets its first spring-
and the new bark calls it kin.
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What it teaches
A grafted shoot bears fruit on borrowed roots; inheritance is half gift, half grafting.
Quick facts
What does SCION mean?
A descendant of a notable family, or a young shoot cut for grafting onto another plant.
Is SCION a valid word?
Yes — SCION is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SCION?
SCION has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does SCION come from?
From Old French 'cion' ('shoot, twig'), of uncertain ultimate origin; the sense of a family descendant grew from the image of a living shoot branching off a family tree.
What can SCION teach us?
A grafted shoot bears fruit on borrowed roots; inheritance is half gift, half grafting.
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