Definition of "axil" []

• The upper angle between a lateral organ, such as a leafstalk, and the stem that bears it. (noun)

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• "In the first place, a slit is made on each side and above and below a leaf which has a healthy bud in its axil, that is, just between the foot-stalk of the leaf and the branch on which it grows."
• "Some lilies produce bulbils that grow along the stems at the leaf axil."
• "We've been down this road so many damn times the wagon wheel tracks are so deep the axil is dragging the ground."