axillary bud

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noun Botany.

a bud that is borne at the axil of a leaf and is capable of developing into a branch shoot or flower cluster.

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Also called lateral bud.

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Sometimes the nearest axillary bud is developed; sometimes there are two, when the branch forks.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf|Jane H. Newell
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.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf|Jane H. Newell
An axillary bud also found that may produce a branch the same year as the leaf.
Trees of the Northern United States|Austin C. Apgar
A piece of the running rootstock of the Peppermint, with its node or joint, and an axillary bud ready to grow.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray

An axillary bud, concealed under the hollowed base of the leaf-stalk, in Buttonwood or Plane-tree.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray

axillary bud

[ ăk′sə-lĕr′ē ]

See under bud.