offshoot
noun/ˈɒfʃuːt/
/ˈɔːfʃuːt/
- a thing that develops from something, especially a small organization that develops from a larger one
- commercial offshoots of universities
- The daily newspaper and its various offshoots have only 25 journalists between them.
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- (specialist) a new stem that grows on a plant
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