Botanical Words Alphabetical List - AX

AXIL: The angle formed between a leaf's petiole and a stem where an axillary bud develops. The angle formed on an inflorescence, pedicel and rachis (of an Orchid).

AXILLARY: Pertaining to or growing from the axil of plants; produced in the axil.

AXIS: The stem; the central part or upright support of a plant to which organs or parts are attached.

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