Definitions for axils

axils ax·il

Spelling: [ak-sil]
IPA: /ˈæk sɪl/

Axils is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in axils (ailsx).

Definitions for axils

noun

  1. the angle between the upper side of a leaf or stem and the supporting stem or branch.

Origin of axils

First recorded in 1785-95, axil is from the Latin word axilla armpit

Examples for axils

It occasionally happens that an adventitious bud arises from the axil of a monocarpellary pistil.

Extra-axillary, said of a branch or bud somewhat out of the axil, 31.

axil, or axilla, in botany, the angle between the upper side of a leaf and the stem or branch from which it springs.

A lateral bud is one situated on the side of a twig in the axil of a leaf-scar.

In the axil of each leaf a bud is formed which will produce a cane, and perhaps fruit, in 1893.

Is there always a bud in the axil where the leaf stalk joins the twig?

At last, in the axil of one of the leaves there comes a little bud that does not unfold into a leaf but into a flower.

Butternut branch, with accessory buds, the uppermost above the axil.

axil, the angle on the upper side between a leaf and the stem, 13.

The angle formed by the upper side of the leaf and the stem is called the axil.

Word Value for axils
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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