offshoot
Americannoun
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a branch or lateral shoot from a main stem, as of a plant.
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anything conceived of as springing or proceeding from a main stock.
an offshoot of a discussion.
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a branch, descendant, or scion of a specific population or family.
noun
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a shoot or branch growing from the main stem of a plant
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something that develops or derives from a principal source or origin
Etymology
Origin of offshoot
Example Sentences
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The team believes this was an early offshoot of what is now the Azores mantle plume.
From Science Daily
Andrew Herscowitz, the chief executive of a unit established by a charitable offshoot of the Rockefeller Foundation to help 300 million Africans gain access to electricity by 2030, was invited to the summit.
Nearly all those reported missing are members of the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam that makes up about 10% of Syria's population and to which the ousted president belongs.
From BBC
Then he hopped down from the rock and led them downhill, down a winding offshoot trail toward a crevice behind the rock.
From Literature
Having fought US troops in Iraq, Al Sharaa set up an al-Qaeda offshoot in Syria, which was in fact fiercely opposed to IS though the groups had similar roots.
From BBC
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