Meanings
plural axils
- biologyThe angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.
Near-synonyms: crotch, fork
1 more example
Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and serve as food for the Arctic birds.
1905, Maude Gridley Peterson, How to Know Wild Fruits: A Guide to Plants When Not in Flower by Means of Fruit and Leaf (in English), Macmillan, page 202
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinaxilla
- Englishaxil
From Latin axilla. Doublet of axilla.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan axil·la
- axil·laangle or point of divergence
French aisselle
- aisselleangle or point of divergence
German Blattachsel
- Blattachselangle or point of divergence
Indonesian ketiak daun
- ketiak daunangle or point of divergence
Irish ascaill
- ascaillangle or point of divergence
Korean 잎겨드랑이
- 잎겨드랑이 (ipgyeodeurang'i)angle or point of divergence
Spanish axila
- axilaangle or point of divergence
Welsh cesail
- cesailangle or point of divergence
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Cite this entry
axil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axil
“axil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axil. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “axil,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axil.
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