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A fancy word for heir, mostly used by people writing about yachts.
means A descendant or heir, especially one of a wealthy or notable family — or, more literally, a young shoot cut from a plant for grafting.
from From Old French 'cion' or 'sion,' meaning a shoot or twig of a plant, likely descended from a Germanic root related to cutting. The botanical sense — a twig grafted onto another tree's rootstock — came first; the family-heir sense grew from the same image, a new branch sprung from an old family tree.
- botanical origin
- Originally a cutting grafted onto another plant's rootstock
- usage tell
- Appears disproportionately often in wine and real estate copy
- toyota irony
- Also a defunct car brand aimed at young, non-wealthy buyers
- pronunciation trap
- Silent c, rhymes with lion, not science