off·shoot
noun/ˈɒfʃuːt/
/ˈɔːfʃuːt/
- a thing that develops from something, especially a small organization that develops from a larger one
分支；（尤指）分支机构 - commercial offshoots of universities
大学附属的商业机构 - The daily newspaper and its various offshoots have only 25 journalists between them.
该日报及其各个分支机构总共只有 25 名记者。
- commercial offshoots of universities
- (specialist) a new stem that grows on a plant
蘗枝；分枝