offshoot

offshoot

noun

Definition of OFFSHOOT

1

a branch of a main stem especially of a plant <we knew the rosebush had survived the harsh winter when it began producing offshoots and turning green again>

Synonyms outgrowth, shoot, sprout

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

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>

Synonyms by-product, derivate, derivation, offshoot, outgrowth, spin-off

Related Words descendant (also descendent); aftermath, consequence, corollary, development, fruit, growth, issue, outcome, product, result, sequel, sequence, upshot; denouement (also dénouement), repercussion; aftereffect, side effect (also side reaction); copy, duplicate, facsimile, replica, reproduction

Near Antonyms archetype, original, prototype; antecedent, cause, determinant, occasion, reason

Antonyms origin, root, source