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Vinony

offshoot

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɔf.ʃuːt/ / /ˈɒf.ʃuːt/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English off- Middle English schoten English shoot English offshoot From off- + shoot.

  1. Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.

    “the offshoots of a tree”

  2. Something which develops from something else.

    “an offshoot of a criminal organization”

    “The reason is that the Berks & Hants Railway Company, under the powers of which the line was built, also included the Reading-Basingstoke section. The company was an offshoot of the G.W.R., which absorbed it before any section was opened.”