axil meaning

• Noun: axil  aksil
  1. The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk

  Derived forms: axils

  See also: axillary

  Type of: angle

  Encyclopedia: Axil

• Examples of epiphytes are ferns growing in the axils.
• In a maturing soybean plant, most of the assimilate from a leaf went into the pod at the axil of that leaf.
• In the early january, ovuliferous scale primordial were acropetally formed in the axils of the developing bracts
• Bract scale the structure found in large numbers in the female cone of gymnosperms, each bearing an ovuliferous scale in its axil
• The axillary branching process generally involves two developmental stages : the formation of axillary meristems in the leaf axils and subsequent axillary bud growth
• Inflorescences occur in the axils and at the ends of branches.
• The inflorescences branch out from the axils of the lower leaves.
• Green flowers with six tiny tepals are borne in the axils.
• Male flowers are located in leaf axils or in spikelike inflorescences.
• On either side of the leaf axils are two rounded stipules.

• "axil" meaning in Chinese: n. 【植物；植物学】腋〔叶子，枝子同茎之间的角度〕。
• "axil" meaning in Japanese: {名} : 《植物》葉腋｛ようえき｝----------------------------------------...
• "axil" meaning in Korean: noun, 엽액
• "axil" meaning in Russian: 1) _бот. влагалище (листа); пазуха
• "axil" meaning in Arabic: أوْرَاق
• "axil" meaning in French: n. aisselle (d'une feuille), angle formé par la branche ...