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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Offshoot

/ôf'-sho͞otˌ/ · Off·shoot · IPA /ˈɔf.ʃuːt/
01 n. That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.
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    That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.