noun
- A plant shoot or twig cut for grafting or rooting; a scion.
Usage: Also spelled 'scion'; chiefly horticultural
Examples
- The gardener selected a healthy cion from the apple tree for grafting.
- Cions from disease-resistant rootstock were used to improve the vineyard.
- She carefully prepared the cion before inserting it into the host plant.
- The nursery propagates new varieties by rooting cions in moist soil.