Associations to the word «Scion»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

SCION, noun. A descendent or heir; "a scion of royal stock".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats