offshoot
Collocations
2ADJ.
criminal, original
OFFSHOOT + NOUN
alchemy, g, judaism, ukraine
Definitions
noun
Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.
the offshoots of a tree
Something which develops from something else.
an offshoot of a criminal organization
The reason is that the Berks & Hants Railway Company, under the powers of which the line was built, also included the Reading-Basingstoke section. The company was an offshoot of the G.W.R., which absorbed it before any section was opened.
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6the offshoots of a tree
Wiktionaryan offshoot of a criminal organization
WiktionaryThe reason is that the Berks & Hants Railway Company, under the powers of which the line was built, also included the Reading-Basingstoke section. The company was an offshoot of the G.W.R., which abso
WiktionaryThe company was an offshoot of his original start-up.
Tatoeba · #8985237Chemistry is an offshoot of alchemy.
Tatoeba · #10069697Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism.
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