scion
🇺🇸
/ˈsaɪən/
🇬🇧
/ˈsaɪən/
noun
R
a young person from a family that is well-known or has achieved a lot
As a scion of a legendary cinema family, he was always in the spotlight.
R
a part of a plant that is cut off to grow a new plant
We took a scion from the apple tree to grow another in our garden.
translation
a young person from a family that is well-known or has achieved a lot; a part of a plant that is cut off to grow a new plant
Word Forms
Plural
scions