OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14732

offshoot

/ˈɔf.ʃuːt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
vástago
Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.
the offshoots of a tree
derivado • filial • rama • ramal • ramificación
Something which develops from something else.
The reason is that the Berks & Hants Railway Company, under the powers of which the line was built, also included the Reading-Basingstoke section. The company was an offshoot of th…
an offshoot of a criminal organization
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