Axil
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. The
armpit; a cavity under the upper part of the arm or shoulder.
2. In botany, the space or angle formed by a branch with the stem, or by a leaf with the stem or branch.
Axil
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
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.
Axile
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed.
Axilla
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. The
armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
Axillar
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
Pertaining to the
armpit, or to the
axil of plants.
Axillary leaves are those which proceed from the angle formed by the stem and branch.
Axillars
[Noun plural]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.
Axillary
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
2. Situated in, or rising from, an
axil; of or pertaining to an
axil.
