axillaryadj.
/ˈaksɪləri/ 1. Pertaining or adjacent to the armpit or shoulder.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > shoulder > [adjective]
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [adjective] > armpit
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1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 977 The second [tacke of the backe] is called..the Axillary spondell.
1791 W. Vaughan Expos. Princ. Anat. & Physiol. I. 381 The Axillary artery.
1842 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) 345 The axillary vein is formed by the union of the venæ comitis of the brachial artery with the basilic vein.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xv. 179 The white striae and spots on the axillary feathers.
2. Botany. Situated in, or growing from, the axil.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > situated in or near axil
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1786 Chambers's Cycl. (new ed.) Axillary leaves..grow out of the angles formed by the branches of the stem.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. Introd. 23 All Labiatæ have axillary cymes.
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