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Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1830 1. a subordinate plot in fiction or drama 2. a subdivision of an experimental plot of land

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see sub-plot

Moby Thesaurus

action, anagnorisis, angle, architectonics, architecture, argument, atmosphere, background, catastrophe, characterization, color, complication, continuity, contrivance, denouement, design, development, device, episode, fable, falling action, gimmick, incident, line, local color, mood, motif, movement, mythos, peripeteia, plan, plot, recognition, rising action, scheme, secondary plot, slant, story, structure, subject, switch, thematic development, theme, tone, topic, twist