scion

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noun

Plural noun:

scions

1.
A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
2.
The heir to a throne.
3.
A guardian.
4.
(botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

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From Middle English sion, sioun, syon, scion, cion, from Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion, from *kīþō, *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþô, *kīþą, *kīþaz (sprout), from Proto-Indo-European *geye- (to split open, sprout), same source as ċīþ, kīth, kīdi. See also scion and chion. chit.