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Definition offshoot in British English

offshoot

noun
1

a company, group, or organization that has developed from a larger one

Example

It's an offshoot of a Swedish company.

Example

a radical offshoot of the extreme leftist Red Army Faction

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2

a new branch or stem that grows on a plant

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Definition offshoot in British English