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scion

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scion
noun
1 the process involves grafting a scion of the chosen tree on to rootstock of the same species:
cutting, graft, slip;
shoot, offshoot, twig.
2 the scion of an aristocratic Massachusetts family:
descendant, offshoot;
heir, successor;
child, issue, offspring.
antonyms ancestor, predecessor.
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