offshoot

== English == === Etymology === From off- +‎ shoot. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔf.ʃuːt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒf.ʃuːt/ === Noun === offshoot (plural offshoots) Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant. Something which develops from something else. ==== Synonyms ==== spin-off/spinoff ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “offshoot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “offshoot”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === shoot off