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. 日报及其各分支机构之间只有25名记者。
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a new stem that grows on a plant 蘗枝;分枝