Offshoot
21offshoot — noun Date: 1710 1. a. a collateral or derived branch, descendant, or member ; outgrowth b. a lateral branch (as of a mountain range) 2. a branch of a main stem especially of a plant …
22offshoot — noun That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree. Syn: spinoff …
23offshoot — Synonyms and related words: V, accession, accessory, accompaniment, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant, affiliate, affiliation, annex, annexation, appanage, appendage, appendant, appurtenance,… …
24offshoot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ramification, incidental, result; branch, shoot, sprout; scion. See effect. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. offspring, by product, limb; see branch 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. branch, stem,… …
25offshoot — n. shoot growing from the main stem; branch, derivative …
26offshoot — noun 1》 a side shoot on a plant. 2》 a thing that develops from something else …
27offshoot — n. Shoot, branch, offset …
28offshoot — n 1. branch, bough, limb, twig, stem; sucker, spur, shoot, switch; runner, tendril; sprout, sprig; leafstalk, Bot. petiole. 2. descendant, offspring, scion, heir, son, daughter, child; relation, relative, kin, cousin; kindred, offset. 3.… …
29offshoot — [ˈɒfˌʃuːt] noun [C] a company, group, or organization that has developed from a larger one …
30offshoot — off•shoot [[t]ˈɔfˌʃut, ˈɒf [/t]] n. 1) bot 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 • Etymology: 1665–75 …
