scion
Dynasty's young heir
A scion is a descendant or heir, especially of a wealthy or prominent family: a scion of the Rockefeller dynasty.
The word carries connotations of inherited privilege and lineage.
In horticulture, a scion is a shoot or twig cut from one plant to be grafted onto another—the ancestral meaning from which the figurative use grew.
Discharge or capture
sapling · cutting · slip · plantlet · runner · sucker · tendril · stolon
One who replaces another
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- inheritorOne who receives bequests
- heir-apparentIndefeasible future inheritor
beneficiary · legatee · firstborn · dynastic · primogeniture · birthright · inheritance · heirship
Ancestry through generations
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
heritage · family · house · clan · progenitor · forebears · kinship · aristocratic
Base for grafted plants
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- cultivarBred plant variety
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
splice · union · horticulture · arboriculture · viticulture · orcharding · cloning · tissue
shoot
Discharge or capture
growth · sapling · cutting · slip · plantlet · runner · sucker · tendril · stolon · germination
successor
One who replaces another
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- inheritorOne who receives bequests
heir-apparent · beneficiary · legatee · firstborn · dynastic · primogeniture · birthright · inheritance · heirship · patrimony
bloodline
Ancestry through generations
genealogy · heritage · family · house · clan · progenitor · forebears · kinship · aristocratic · blueblood
rootstock
Base for grafted plants
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- cultivarBred plant variety
cutting · splice · union · horticulture · arboriculture · viticulture · orcharding · cloning · tissue · callus
- offspringchild, baby, son, daughter, kids
- divine descentdemigod, divine birth, divine lineage, godhood, divine spark
- heirsheir apparent, heir presumptive, heiress, heirs, inheritor
- plant propagationseed, cutting, bulb, runner, rhizome
- propagationcloning, seed starting, grafting, cuttings, seedlings
- transplantsorgan transplant, liver transplant, bone marrow transplant, kidney transplant, heart transplant
scionancestor
Predecessor in lineage
forebear · progenitor · patriarch · matriarch · forefather
scionfounder
One who begins something
self-made man · self-made woman · parvenu · nouveau riche · patriarch