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offshoot

[ awf-shoot, of- ]

noun

  1. 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:

    an offshoot of a discussion.

  3. a branch, descendant, or scion of a specific population or family.


offshoot

/ ˈɒ´Úˌʃ³Ü˳٠/

noun

  1. a shoot or branch growing from the main stem of a plant
  2. something that develops or derives from a principal source or origin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of offshoot1

First recorded in 1665–75; off + shoot 1
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It plays a starring role in béarnaise sauce, one of the many offshoots of the long-cherished mother sauces in French cuisine.

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Most of those killed in the recent attacks, which occurred over a period of days earlier this month, were Alawites - an offshoot of Shia Islam, and Assad's minority sect.

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Frankly, it was just a new undertaking in my life — the music is an offshoot of that.

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Syria's north-west Mediterranean coast is the heartland of the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam to which many of the former Assad regime's political and military elite belonged.

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Alawites, whose sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam, make up around 10% of Syria's population, which is majority Sunni Muslim.

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