offshoot
IPA: ˈɔfʃut
noun
- Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.
- Somethng which develops from something else.
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Examples of "offshoot" in Sentences
- The character is an offshoot of the game.
- The group was an offshoot of the Karen National Union.
- The community are an offshoot of the Kanyakubja Brahmins.
- Yawning may be an offshoot of the same imitative impulse.
- The magazine was a national offshoot of the other magazine.
- The travelling show was an offshoot of the popular program.
- The canzonetta was a specific offshoot of the madrigal in this vein.
- This church is an offshoot of the Ancient Assyrian church of the East.
- This article is the offshoot of an unexplained vendetta against the subject.
- An offshoot of Shia Islam, they are sometimes treated as heretics by Sunni Muslims.
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