Definitions for axillaries

axillaries ax·il·lar·y

Spelling: [ak-suh-ler-ee]
IPA: /ˈæk səˌlɛr i/

Axillaries is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 329 anagrams from letters in axillaries (aaeiillrsx).

Definitions for axillaries

noun

  1. Ornithology. axillar.
  2. Ornithology. axillar.

adjective

  1. Anatomy, Ornithology. pertaining to the axilla.
  2. Botany. pertaining to or growing from the axil.
  3. Anatomy, Ornithology. pertaining to the axilla.
  4. Botany. pertaining to or growing from the axil.

Origin of axillaries

First recorded in 1605-15; axill(a) + -ary

Examples for axillaries

The axillary branches in like manner showed traces of cleavage.

The whorls of flowers are compound, in forked, axillary cymes.

Even later than this is the growth of the axillary and pubic hair.

Flowers greenish-yellow, axillary, solitary; peduncle not curved.

The flowers are in axillary cymes, and the fruit is a berry.

Flowers perfect, axillary, solitary, 3-androus; calyx herbaceous.

The Arrangement of Branches, being that of axillary buds, answers to that of the leaves.

It bears sweet, pea-sized, white berries in axillary clusters.

Its stem is also more freely branched, and its flowers are axillary and terminal.

axillary Buds were formed on these annual shoots early in the summer.

Word Value for axillaries
Scrable

17

Words with friends

19

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