offshoot
/ˈɔf.ʃuːt/ noun C1- 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
Plural offshoots
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It was twilight of a lovely spring evening, and even Little Ryder Street, one of the smaller offshoots from the Edgware Road, within a stone-cast of old Tyburn Tree of evil memory, looked golden and wonderful in the slanting rays of the setting sun.
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