axil
nounUK, US /ˈæk.sɪl/
Etymology From Latin axilla. Doublet of axilla.
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciences 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.
- Near-synonyms: crotch, fork
- 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: