scion of chiefs and monarchs, where art thou?. From LearnThat.org. [Lord Byron (1788-1824), English poet, from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto iv. Stanza 168.]
A scion of royal stock. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The scion is the piece used as the top, fruit-producing part of the new plant. From Wordnik.com. [5. How plants live and grow] Reference
The condition of the scion is the most important element for success in top-working hickory trees. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
The cleft graft is a grafting technique that joins a piece of rootstock to a scion, which is a cutting from another plant. From Wordnik.com. [The Ukiah Daily Journal Forum] Reference
The scion was a driving force behind the deals, which has raised concerns about his ability to step into his father's shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Crain's New York Business - Breaking News Feeds] Reference
Well, I looked up the word 'scion' recently, and that was the missing link. From Wordnik.com. [Kosher Candidates] Reference
Mr. Bronfman is a curious kind of scion: not dutiful, not a rebel, but something in between. From Wordnik.com. [Home | The New York Observer] Reference
For Irad no satisfactory etymology has been found; it means, perhaps, "scion" from arada, "to sprout". From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
Grafting takes a piece of rootstock and a cutting, or "scion," from the type of fruit you want to grow. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The two fallen limbs will be removed in December; "scion" wood that has the potential to become new limbs will be harvested from them. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The scion of a wealthy Saudi magnate, he was linked to the 1998 twin U.S. From Wordnik.com. ['We've Hit The Targets'] Reference
They note that he's a scion of the LDP system and therefore an unlikely rebel. From Wordnik.com. [Taking On The Machine] Reference
Instead, he is the scion of one of the world's most famous political families. From Wordnik.com. [The Quiet Revolutionary] Reference
The Second City scion got dissed in the first term when he lost Transportation. From Wordnik.com. [Next Year's Model] Reference
The scion of a powerful family in Nashville, Tenn., he's painfully polite in manner. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: President Bush's War At Home] Reference
Like the late Bhutto, Fahim is the scion of a landed feudal family in southern Sindh. From Wordnik.com. [Elections Usher in a New Face] Reference
Those alliances put Karzai, the scion of a Pashtun tribal leader, in a strong position. From Wordnik.com. [All for Nothing] Reference
Sure, some kids play field hockey, attend chapel and get a junior scion for a roommate. From Wordnik.com. [Prep Chic] Reference
Wilmeth was struck that the young scion had to borrow a quarter every night for coffee. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Of Age] Reference
(They honor me so to think of me as a scion of this very great storyteller of antiquity.). From Wordnik.com. [My Most Humble Request] Reference
The scion of a poor farming family, he put himself through night school while working days. From Wordnik.com. [South Korea: The Pendulum Swings] Reference
John Jacob Astor IV, scion of the businessman who was once the wealthiest person in the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Wedding Site on Offer] Reference
But there was no escaping that Kennedy, the scion of the family, had damaged himself further. From Wordnik.com. [All The Senator’s Women] Reference
By some accounts, he is the scion of a wealthy Saudi family and once studied in the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Russia?S War Hits Home] Reference
Simpson's 16 percent of the vote last night wasn't even the lowest for a scion running for governor. From Wordnik.com. [The wrong year to have a famous political name] Reference
Nazarian, meanwhile, is the scion of a family reputed to be the richest Persian Jews outside of Iran. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood's New Moguls] Reference
Aristide, himself a dark-skinned scion of Haiti's tiny middle class, knows he has to court the elite. From Wordnik.com. [Looking Out For Their Own Skin] Reference
scion enthusiasts will be able to view footage from the event on the scion. com site the following day. From Wordnik.com. [Scion encourages us to get a Second Life] Reference
The Party's endorsed candidate, Dannell P. Malloy, unlike Ned Lamont, is not the scion of old and venerable house. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanne Langlois: $9,118,582.14 ... and Counting] Reference
Thus was created the fictional narrator, born in 1912, the son of Arthur Morris, scion of a wealthy Midwestern family. From Wordnik.com. [The Book On Reagan] Reference
He looked like he belonged there, every inch the young scion born to take his place eventually as a leader in America. From Wordnik.com. [A Day for the History Books] Reference
In fact, insiders say, what the 38-year-old Seagram scion Edgar Bronfman Jr. really wants is a seat on Time Warner's board. From Wordnik.com. [When Will He Get His Seat?] Reference
At a Ford board meeting this week, the scion will present his directors with a plan to increase his public role in the crisis. From Wordnik.com. [Ford Vs. Firestone] Reference
Like the scion of an aristocratic family, I mention my grandfather to stand a little in the light of the black American genius. From Wordnik.com. [... Or A Childish Illusion Of Justice?] Reference
That's when Seagram scion Edgar Bronfman Jr. unceremoniously bounced her as CEO of Elektra after taking over its parent, Warner Music. From Wordnik.com. [SIGNED. SEALED. DELIVERED?] Reference
Meet His Royal Highness Prince al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, 37, nephew of King Fahd and a scion of the Saudi royal family. From Wordnik.com. [A Charming Prince To The Rescue?] Reference
At a time when the future of so much of the Middle East is so bleak, the old scion of desert warriors may yet find new paths toward peace. From Wordnik.com. [A Saudi Desert Fox] Reference
The scion of a wealthy trading family stretching between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, Mr. Algosaibi was close to the kingdom's ruling family. From Wordnik.com. [Ghazi Algosaibi, 70, dies; poet, author and Saudi Arabian cabinet member] Reference
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