offshoot
nounUS /ˈɔf.ʃuːt/ · UK /ˈɒf.ʃuːt/
Etymology From off- + shoot.
1
Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.
- the offshoots of a tree
2
Something which develops from something else.
- an offshoot of a criminal organization
- 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 the G.W.R., which absorbed it before any section was opened.1945 September and October, “Notes and News: The "Berks & Hants" Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 299:
- Synonyms
- spin-off, spinoff