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Definition of offshoot noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

offshoot

noun

NAmE//ˈɔfʃut//

, NAmE//ˈɑfʃut//

1a thing that develops from something, especially a small organization that develops from a larger one

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2(technology) a new stem that grows on a plant

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