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scion Botany a shoot or twig of a plant used to form a graft scion [′sīยทən] (botany) A section of a plant, usually a stem or bud, which is attached to the stock in grafting. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A strange thing has happened to a scion of our defunct aristocracy. He appeared at one time a mere scion of the evil principle and at another as all that can be conceived of noble and godlike. Cedric, to whom the name of Alfred was as that of a deity, had treated the sole remaining scion of that great monarch with a degree of observance, such as, perhaps, was in those days scarce paid to an acknowledged princess. |
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