Offshoot
Pronunciation : Off"shoot`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Off + shoot.]
Definition : Defn: That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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