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off·shoot

   [awf-shoot, of-]
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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offshoot (ˈɒfˌʃuːt)
 
—n
1.  a shoot or branch growing from the main stem of a plant
2.  something that develops or derives from a principal source or origin

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offshoot
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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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