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off-shoot

off-shoot is the misspelling of offshoot.

Meaning of offshoot

Noun

offshoot (plural offshoots)

  1. Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.
    • the offshoots of a tree
  2. Something which develops from something else.
    • an offshoot of a criminal organization
    Synonyms:
    child, spin-off

Forms of off-shoot

pluraloff-shoots

Questions about off-shoot

What is off-shoot the misspelling of?
Off-shoot is the misspelling of offshoot.

Words near off-shoot in the dictionary

  1. off-season
  2. off-seasons
  3. off-set
  4. off-sets
  5. off-setting
  6. off-shoot
  7. off-shore
  8. off-shoulder
  9. off-side
  10. off-side rule
  11. off-site

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