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off·shoot (ôf'shōōt', ŏf'-) n.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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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