offshoot
noun
Origin of offshoot
Related Words for offshoot
outgrowth, spin-off, sprout, adjunct, limb, branch, appendage, derivative, by-product, descendantExamples from the Web for offshoot
Contemporary Examples of offshoot
Hamas is an offshoot of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, now anathema to Cairo's military regime.
Imprisonment of Canadian Activists Illustrates Egyptian Regime's Growing RepressionJesse Rosenfeld
September 26, 2013
On the Syrian battlefield, the lines between the Brotherhood and Jabhat al-Nusra, an offshoot of al Qaeda, often are blurred.
Hamas arose as an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and the connection between the two groups are strong.
Assad hails from the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam that al Qaeda, a Sunni group, considers a natural enemy.
Syrian Rebel Leader Mustafa al-Sheikh Says Victory Against Assad Not in SightMike Giglio
July 26, 2012
His offshoot fashion site, CocoPerez.com, garnered just 160,000 unique visitors in May, according to comScore.
Historical Examples of offshoot
The morality was not so much an offshoot as a complement of the miracle.
John LylyJohn Dover Wilson
America, we might say, does not exist; there exists instead an offshoot of Europe.
AppearancesGoldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
A round-topped hill, generally an offshoot from a higher mountain.
The Sailor's Word-BookWilliam Henry Smyth
He is an offshoot of the Spanish family that ruled the Isthmus 153 after Balboa was shot.
Boy Scouts in the Canal ZoneG. Harvey Ralphson
Besides, it is clear that Mohammedanism is an offshoot of Zoroastrianism and Christianity.
ReincarnationTh. Pascal