See Also: offshoot(medicine)
offshoot(dictionary)
offshoot(dictionary)

neb-neb (iou) and offshoot (iou)


neb-neb (iou)



neb-neb noun. M19.
[Origin unkn.]
The pods and bark of an acacia tree, Acacia nilotica, used in N. Africa in tanning. Cf. BABUL, SUNT.

offshoot (iou)



offshoot noun. L17.
[from OFF- + SHOOT noun1.]
An emanation. rare. Only in L17.
A collateral branch or descendant of a (specified) family etc. E18.
A shoot springing from the stem or Other part of a plant; a lateral branch projecting from the main part of anything material, as a mountain-range, street, etc. E19.
A thing which originated as a branch of something else; a derivative. E19.