Noun: offshoot óf-shoot
- A natural consequence of development
"The new social media platform was an offshoot of the original website";
- outgrowth, branch, offset
- Something that comes off, or separates from, a main stem, region, etc.
"the appendix is an offshoot of the caecum"
Derived forms: offshoots
Type of: consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot
Encyclopedia: Offshoot