Definitions for scion

scion sci·on

Spelling: [sahy-uh n]
IPA: /ˈsaɪ ən/

Scion is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in scion (cinos).

Definitions for scion

noun

  1. a descendant.
  2. Also, cion. a shoot or twig, especially one cut for grafting or planting; a cutting.

Origin of scion

1275-1325; ME shoot, twig Old French cion Frankish *kī- (compare Old English cīnan, Old Saxon kīnan, Old High German chīnan to sprout, Old English cīth, Old Saxon kīth sprout) + Old French -o

Examples for scion

The party will need to do much, much more than replace one scion with another if it is ever to come back to national prominence.

And this of all the professions is the one on which he would graft his scion of lofty morality?

With his usual activity he sprang forward and the scion of chivalry ran.

He was a scion of immense wealth, a civil rights activist, and an art collector and patron.

Danielle then claimed she was being “bullied” by Jo and Virginia, the scion of a “fish and chip dynasty,” over the incident.

He was not the offspring of some criminal, but the scion of a noble Virginia house!

That scion of the Italian nobility, Signor Carella, sat opposite.

Sharif, 63, was born into money as the scion of a very wealthy family in Lahore.

This very much facilitates the placing together of stock and scion.

From inexpensive models like the scion to the upscale Lexus, sales were strong across the board.

Word Value for scion
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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