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
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The business started as an offshoot of an established fashion design company.
we knew the rosebush had survived the harsh winter when it began producing offshoots and turning green again
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Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
Like the current HomePod software—and just about every other OS Apple maintains—homeOS would likely be a specialized offshoot of iOS.
—ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
Just as Husseini received fascist funds, Arafat benefited from Soviet largesse, and Hamas, a Muslim Brotherhood offshoot, with support from Tehran.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
Its offshoot, Ktea Caters, served high-tech companies like Google, eBay, Flex, Polycom, Uber, Bytedance, Microsoft, Cisco, Facebook and Samsung.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
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“Offshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/offshoot. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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offshoot
noun
off·shoot
ˈȯf-ˌshüt 
1
: something that branches out from something else
2
: a branch of a main stem of a plant
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