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axil
CIDE DICTIONARY
axil, n. [L. axilla. Cf. Axle.].
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
axil, n. the upper angle between a leaf and the stem it springs from, or between a branch and the trunk.
Etymology
L axilla: see AXILLA
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