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scion - What does it mean?

Definition of 'scion'

English

Alternative forms

* ** *** sioun *** syoun ** *** syon ** *** sien *** sion *** syen *** syon ** *** seyon *** sien *** syen (rel-mid4) * ** *** cyun ** *** cion ** *** cien *** cion *** cyen *** cyon ** *** cion (now chiefly in botanical senses) (rel-mid4) * ** *** science *** scyence *** siens *** sient ** *** cions *** cyence *** cyens *** cyons *** sciance *** science *** scient *** sience *** siens *** sient (rel-mid4) * ** *** scyon ** *** scion *** scioun ** *** scion ** *** scien *** scion *** scyen ** *** scion *** scyon ** *** scion (standard spelling) (rel-bottom)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant.
  • A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
  • The heir to a throne.
  • A guardian.

    • Quotations

    * '>citation * 1966 , , An Early Passover , Clifton Pub. Co., paperback edition, page 24 *: It was said to him that those people were the scions of Zion. * 1986 , , Penguin, paperback edition, page 72 *: He could show his parents Eliot, scion of Derek Moulthorp, and then how could they say he was throwing his life away?

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    Similar to 'scion'

    swan, seen, sewn, shown, skein, skin, sein, soon, shewn, scan, sheen, swain, shin, sean, shun, sken, sawn, sown, swoon, sain, sien, shan, saun, seuen, shoon, seyon, syen, sion, syon, scyon, scioun, scien, scyen, sowen, sewin, sewen, shahin, skean, swown, skain, seawan, sunn