axil
noun
ax·il ˈak-səl 
-ˌsil
: the angle between a branch or leaf and the axis from which it arises
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin axilla, going back to Latin, diminutive of āla "armpit, upper arm, wing, axil" — more at axilla
First Known Use
circa 1761, in the meaning defined above
- hemipteronatusses
- hemipterons
- hemipterous
- hemipters
- hemipyramid
- hemiquinoid
- hemiquinonoid
- hemiramph
- hemiramphid
- hemiramphidaes
- hemiramphine
- Hemiramphus
- Hemirhamphus
- hemisaprophyte
- hemisaprophytic
- hemisected
- hemisecting
- hemisects
- Hemisphaeriales
- hemispheral
- hemisphere
- hemispherectomies
- hemispherectomy
- hemisphered
- hemispheres