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plural of offshoot
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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
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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
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- descendants
- (also descendents)
- aftermaths,
- consequences,
- corollaries,
- developments,
- fruits,
- growths,
- issues,
- outcomes,
- products,
- results,
- sequels,
- sequences,
- upshots
- denouements
- (also dénouements),
- repercussions
- aftereffects,
- side effects
- (also side reactions)
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