What is the difference between a scion and an heir?
There is a considerable overlap between the meanings of scion and heir, as both words may be defined as "one who receives property from an ancestor...
What is the difference between a scion and a stock in horticulture?
In horticultural use scion is defined as "a detached living portion of a plant (such as a bud or shoot) joined to a stock in grafting." Stock, on t...
How do you pronounce 'scion'?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) pronunciation we give for scion is ˈsajən. For those who don’t read IPA easily another way to think of it...
What is a scion?
1 : a detached living portion of a plant (such as a bud or shoot) joined to a stock in grafting and usually supplying solely aerial parts to a graft. 2 a : descendant, child especially : a descendant of a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential family. b : heir sense 1 scion of a railroad empire.
What does "scion" mean in English?
English Language Learners Definition of scion. formal : a person who was born into a rich, famous, or important family. botany : a piece of a plant that is attached to part of another plant. See the full definition for scion in the English Language Learners Dictionary.
What does "sioun" mean?
Middle English sioun, syon "branch, twig, offshoot," borrowed from Anglo-French cioun, ciun, sioun (continental Old French cion "offspring, new growth of a plant") from ci-, going back to an Old Low Franconian outcome of West Germanic *kīþa- "sprout, bud" + Old French -on, suffix, perhaps here with diminutive value, going back to Latin -ōn-, -ō, suffix of nouns denoting persons with a prominent feature; *kīþa- "sprout, bud" (whence also Old English cīþ "sprout, shoot, bud," Old Saxon kīth "shoot," Old High German kīd, also -kīdi in frumikīdi "first one"), going back to Indo-European *ǵei̯H-ti- or *ǵiH-ti-, noun derivative of a verbal base *ǵei̯H- "burst out, sprout," whence, from a nasal present, Germanic *kīnan- (whence Old English cīnan "to burst open, gape, [of skin] be chapped," Old Saxon kīnan "to sprout," Old High German chīnan "to sprout, germinate," Swedish dialect kina "to yawn," Gothic keinan "to sprout," uskeinan "to put forth, send out [growth]," with past participle uskijanata lacking -n- ); whence also, with suffixed *-dh-, Latvian ziêdu, ziêdêt "to bloom," Lithuanian žydė́ti
Is a descendant of a wealthy family a scion?
While both may refer to a descendant, heir is the more appropriate choice for a child or relative who inherits something. And while one may be the heir to a family of modest or significant means, scion is often found in the sense "a descendant of a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential family.".
Harvesting Scion
Scionwood can be harvested in the summer if you are summer budding, or in the winter if you are bench grafting. For summer budding, typically in August, cut the current season’s growth. This is usually 12-20 inches long and pencil diameter or larger. Remove the leaves immediately and wrap the stick in a damp towel.
Clean Scion vs. Dirty Scion
The common latent apple viruses are Apple Chlorotic Leaf Spot Virus (ACLSV), Apple Stem Pitting Virus (ASPV), and Apple Stem Grooving Virus (ASGV). These viruses can be transmitted only via grafting; insects are not vectors. Therefore, a virus-free tree will remain clean and healthy until a graft of dirty scion is introduced.
