ratoon vs scion

ratoon

• A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane. 

• A rattan cane. 

• To sprout ratoons. 

• To cut a plant, especially sugar cane, so that it will produce ratoons. 

scion

• A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense. 

• A guardian. 

• A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family. 

• The heir to a throne.