figurative and in figurative context. Something likened to a branch, shoot, or graft.

A process or branch of a bone, nerve, etc.; an outgrowth of tissue. Also: the sending out of one structure from another. Obsolete.

figurative and in figurative context. A small or insignificant specimen of something; a minor instance or example likened to a small branch or…

figurative and in extended use. Something that springs, arises, or derives from another; a lateral branch, an offshoot.

In extended use. Frequently in plural. An offshoot; something that develops from or grows out of something else; an extension, esp. of an idea…

With other nouns, chiefly with the sense ‘lying or leading off from the main trunk, body, or area’, as in off-branch, off-corner, off-drain, off flow…

A side shoot or branch springing from the trunk or other part of a plant; a lateral shoot.