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off⋅shoot

  [awf-shoot, of-]
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–noun
1. a branch or lateral shoot from a main stem, as of a plant.
2. anything conceived of as springing or proceeding from a main stock: an offshoot of a discussion.
3. a branch, descendant, or scion of a family or race.
Origin:
1665–75; off + shoot
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off·shoot   (ôf'shōōt', ŏf'-)   
n.  

  1. Something that branches out or derives its existence or origin from a particular source. See Synonyms at branch.

  2. A branch, descendant, or member of a family or social group.

  3. Botany A lateral shoot from the main stem of a plant.

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offshoot  (n.)
1674, in fig. sense, of family trees; 1801 in general sense of "a derivative;" 1814 in lit. sense, in ref. to plants. From off + shoot (n.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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