Definition of Axils. Meaning of Axils. Synonyms of Axils

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Definition of Axils

Axil
Axil Ax"il, n. [L. axilla. Cf. Axle.] (Bot.) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. --Gray.

Meaning of Axils from wikipedia

- photosynthesis. The upper (adaxial) angle between a leaf and a stem is known as the axil of the leaf. It is often the location of a bud. Structures located there...
- Halic****es podostigma, the axil spot wr****e, is a species of sal****er wr****e found in the western-central Pacific Ocean. This species reaches a length...
- epiphytes. Among the epiphytes, the bromeliads ac****ulate water in their leaf axils; these water-filled cavities can support complex aquatic food webs. Some...
- of fruit containing seeds. It may arise terminally on a shoot or from the axil of a leaf. The flower-bearing part of the plant is usually sharply distinguished...
- leaves and deep pink to red, four-petalled flowers arranged singly in leaf axils. Boronia heterophylla is a shrub which grows to a height of 1–3 m (3–10 ft)...
- ready to expand when the next growing season arrives. Buds also form in the axils of the leaves ready to produce new side shoots. A few trees, such as the...
- sometimes pale yellow. The flowers are produced in long bracts from leaf axils. They are white to purple and produced in false whorls called verticillasters...
- develops leaves and branches above-ground and stolons develop from lower leaf axils on the below-ground stem. In the third phase the tips of the stolons swell...
- borne generally on the previous year's wood, in racemes springing from the axils of the leaves.[citation needed] The fruit is a small drupe 1–2.5 cm (3⁄8–1 in)...
- one on the back of an adult to a suitable water-filled crevice such as the axil of a leaf or the rosette of a bromeliad. The female visits the nursery sites...