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plural offspring or offsprings
A person's daughter or son; a person's child. examples
Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations. examples
An animal or plant's progeny or young. quotations examples
In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3
(figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts. examples
(computing) A process launched by another process. examples