What is that which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree called?
offshoot — That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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