Axil

Quick meaning: Axil is a noun meaning (botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.

Meaning

(botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: crotch, fork

Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and serve as food for the Arctic birds.

Word Forms

• axils

Synonyms for axil

Depending on context, synonyms include axilla, crotch, fork.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pectoral, axilla, apex, bulbil, acumen, axis.

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