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offshoot
[ awf-shoot, of- ]
noun
- a branch or lateral shoot from a main stem, as of a plant.
- anything conceived of as springing or proceeding from a main stock:
an offshoot of a discussion.
- a branch, descendant, or scion of a specific population or family.
offshoot
/ ˈɒ´Úˌʃ³Ü˳٠/
noun
- a shoot or branch growing from the main stem of a plant
- something that develops or derives from a principal source or origin
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Example Sentences
It plays a starring role in béarnaise sauce, one of the many offshoots of the long-cherished mother sauces in French cuisine.
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.
Frankly, it was just a new undertaking in my life — the music is an offshoot of that.
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.
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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