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axil
[ ak-sil ]
noun
- the angle between the upper side of a leaf or stem and the supporting stem or branch.
axil
/ ˈæksɪl /
noun
- the angle between the upper surface of a branch or leafstalk and the stem from which it grows
axil
/ ăk′sĭl /
- The angle between the upper side of a leaf or stem and the stem or branch that supports it. A bud is usually found in the axil.
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Example Sentences
The specimen from Chinaj was found in water in the axil of a large elephant-ear plant (Xanthosoma) by day in March.
A lateral bud is one situated on the side of a twig in the axil of a leaf-scar.
Rising out of the axil of each leaf are buds, of graduated size and development up to the open blossom.
In every bud examined which contained a flower, there was an axillary bud in the axil of the last, or next to the last, leaf.
The flower-scar is on the summit of the axis, and often apparently in the axil of a branch, as in Horsechestnut.
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