Definitions for axil

axil ax·il

Spelling: [ak-sil]
IPA: /ˈæk sɪl/

Axil is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in axil (ailx).

Definitions for axil

noun

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

Origin of axil

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

Examples for axil

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Word Value for axil
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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