Entry Word: offshoot

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a branch of a main stem especially of a plant <we knew the rose bush had survived the winter when it began producing offshoots and turning green again>

Synonyms outgrowth, shoot

Related Words excrescence, growth; bough, limb, twig; bud, floret; spray, sprig

2 something that naturally develops or is developed from something else <opened a shop selling fancy foods as an offshoot of their very successful restaurant> — see derivative