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nounthe upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalktype of:
Definition that contains axil
- cheese erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
- samba large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
- chatterbox orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
- alar of or relating to the axil
- paxil a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil)
- axillary of or relating to the axil
- mesquite any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar
- maxillofacial of or relating to the upper jaw and face (particularly with reference to specialized surgery of the maxilla)
- vena cephalica a large vein of the arm that empties into the axillary vein
- triplochiton scleroxcylon large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood