A depression resembling or likened to the umbilicus. The junction of a leaf with a stem. Obsolete. rare.

The angle (esp. the inner angle or axil) between a leaf, stalk, or branch of a plant and the stem or trunk. rare.

Botany. The axil of a leaf: = ala, n.1 2a. Obsolete.

The upper angle between a leaf or petiole and the stem from which it springs; also that between a branch and the trunk.

= axil, n.