Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Axil"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
axil
n : the upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a
branch or leafstalk
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