AXIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does axil mean? 

• AXIL (noun)
  The noun AXIL has 1 sense:

1. the upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk

  Familiarity information: AXIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AXIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("axil" is a kind of...):

angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)

Derivation:

axillary (of or relating to the axil)

 Context examples 

Axin 2 protein is presumed to play an important role in the regulation of the stability of beta-catenin in the Wnt signaling pathway, like its rodent homologs, mouse conductin/rat axil.

(Axin 2, NCI Thesaurus)

A structure composed of a short stem with embryonic leaves, with bud primordial in the axils and at the apex.

(Leaf Bud, Food and Drug Administration)