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/ˈaksəl/,
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axils, plural;
  1. The upper angle between a leaf stalk or branch and the stem or trunk from which it is growing

  1. (axil) the upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk
  2. Trees can be identified by examination of several characteristics.
  3. (Axil) In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat (laminar) and thin. ...
  4. (axil) 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
  5. (Axil) The angle formed by a stem with a branch, leaf stalk, or flower stalk growing from it.
  6. (axil) the junction of leaf and stem.
  7. (axil) the upper angle formed where a petiole or branch joins a stem; the angle formed between any two organs.
  8. (Axil (pl. Axils)) The upper angle where a leaf or other part branches from the stem. Picture: comments G.species
  9. (Axil) The angle made where one branch gives rise to another
  10. (Axil) The juncture of a petiole (leaf stem) with the crown or the juncture of a pedicel (individual bloom stem) with a peduncle.
  11. (Axil) The more-or-less V-shaped angle made by the junction between a leaf and a stem or twig.
  12. (Axil) The region behind the pelvic or pectoral fin base.
  13. (Axil) The upper angle between a scale and the flower/fruit body. In Notocactus the bristles and hair/wool grows from here.
  14. (Axil) anglebetween the stem and any leaf that arises from it.
  15. (axil) the angle between one part of a plant and another part, e.g. a branch and a leaf. adj. axillary
  16. The joint of two plant parts, such as tubercles or stem and leaf
  17. 1. the upper angle where the small stem of a plant joins a larger one, or where the leaf stalk joins the stem. From the Latin axilla, armpit.