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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: cion

scion

 noun
     
Related topics: Gardening, Plants, Family, Crops
sci‧on [countable]
literarySSF a young member of a famous or important family
scion of
a scion of an ancient Scottish family
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