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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ak-suh-ler-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæk səˌlɛr i |
Définition of axillary
Origin :- "pertaining to the armpit or shoulder," 1610s, from Latin *axillaris, from axilla "armpit, upper arm, wing" (see axle).
- As in winged : adj feathered
- Flowers greenish-yellow, axillary, solitary; peduncle not curved.
- Extract from : « The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines » by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
- The axillary branches in like manner showed traces of cleavage.
- Extract from : « Vegetable Teratology » by Maxwell T. Masters
- Even later than this is the growth of the axillary and pubic hair.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Life of the Child » by Albert Moll
- The flowers are in axillary cymes, and the fruit is a berry.
- Extract from : « The Sea Shore » by William S. Furneaux
- Its stem is also more freely branched, and its flowers are axillary and terminal.
- Extract from : « The Sea Shore » by William S. Furneaux
- The whorls of flowers are compound, in forked, axillary cymes.
- Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
- It bears sweet, pea-sized, white berries in axillary clusters.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan » by John U. Wolff
- Flowers perfect, axillary, solitary, 3-androus; calyx herbaceous.
- Extract from : « The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States » by Asa Gray
- Axillary Buds were formed on these annual shoots early in the summer.
- Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray
- The Arrangement of Branches, being that of axillary buds, answers to that of the leaves.
- Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray
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