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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Axil

/(ăks"ĭl)/ · Ax·il · IPA /ˈæk.sɪl/
01 n. 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.
  1. 1.
    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.(Bot.)