How to pronounce scion
American English pronunciation
SY-un
- IPA
- /ˈsaɪən/
- Syllables
- SY · un (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What scion means
A young member of an important family
In a sentence: The scion of the toy company family got his first job sweeping the factory floor.
Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word for a young shoot or sprout of a plant.
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Another meaning
A cut shoot joined onto another plant in grafting
In a sentence: The gardener bound an apple scion onto the young tree's trunk so it would grow sweet apples.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Old French word for a young shoot or twig. Later it also came to mean a young member of a family.
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