noun
- a descendant of a notable family
- a shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or planting
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The young man was a scion of a wealthy banking family.
- She was considered the scion of political royalty.
- The gardener carefully selected a healthy scion for grafting.
- He planted the apple scion onto the rootstock.
- As the scion of the company’s founder, he felt pressure to succeed.
- The rose scion was grafted onto a hardy root system.