axil
pronunciation
How to pronounce axil in British English:
UK ['æksɪl]
How to pronounce axil in American English:
US ['æksɪl]
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- Noun:
- the upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Leaves usually opposite or alternate , rarely 3-verticillate ; leaf axil bulbils absent .
- 2. Spadix top is born with axil , cylindrical .
- 3. Flower always 1 per axil ; racemes usually with few or no branches .
- 4. Male flowers : cauliflorus or clustered in proximal leaf axil of one-year-old branchlets .
- 5. Scape arising from an apical leaf axil , ca. 6 cm , slightly compressed , wingless .