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Keywords: Petiole, Stem, Leaf, Angle, Armpit
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.
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The angle between the upper side of a leaf or stem and the supporting stem.
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the angle between branches and leaves or between branches and branches
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The upper angle where a leaf stalks joins the stem or a smaller stem joins a larger one.
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The point on a stem immediately above the base of a leaf.
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The upper angle between the stem and the leaf
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the angle between the axis (stem or branch) and the part arising from it (leaf or bract).
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The angle formed by the upper side of a leaf and the stem.
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The angle between the top-side of a leaf and its stem, from which flower buds or growths appear.
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the upper angle that a petiole or peduncle makes with the stem that bears it
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n. (L. axilla, armpit) the angle found between any two organs or structures.
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The upper angle between an organ (branch) and its axis.
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aisselle the upper angle between a leaf and its stem, where a bud usually develops (from the Latin for armpit).
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or axis - The upper angle a leaf makes with the stem; the bud found in that angle is an axillary bud.
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The angle on the upper side of the union of the stem and a leaf, petiole, or branch.
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The more-or-less V-shaped angle made by the junction between a leaf and a stem or twig.
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the upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk
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The location on a stem between the upper surface of a leaf or leafstalk and the stem from which it is growing.
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The point of the angle between the stem and leaf attachment.
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Part of the plant from which leaves or branches attach.
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the upper angle formed by a leaf and the stem on which it is attached.
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Upper angle formed by a leaf and its stalk on a stem.
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point where a leaf or branch is attached to the stem. biennial: a plant that completes its life cycle in 2 years, and reproduces only by seed.
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The angle formed between two attached plant parts, e.g. leaves on the main stem.
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point where a leaf or secondary branch joins the stem; the upper angle of the junction of the stem and leaf.
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The upper angle formed by the union of the stem and the leaf.
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The angle formed between two plant parts.   Usually refers to the upper angle between a leaf and stem.
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The upper angle between a scale and the flower/fruit body. In Notocactus the bristles and hair/wool grows from here.
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AX-el The regions between a leaf stalk and stem. 541
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The upper angle between the point of attachment of a leaf and stem.
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The angle, typically acute, formed by the leaf and the stem where they join.
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Aisselle Axil, m Axila The point of junction of stem and leaf.
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the angle between a stem and the upper side of a leaf-stalk.
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the upper angle formed where a petiole or branch joins a stem; the angle formed between any two organs.
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Referring to the angle formed between any two organs.
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The angle between the leaf or leaf stalk and the stem that carries it. Any new growth or flower bud that arises from an axil is called axillary.
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the upper angle between a leaf and the stem. (click here to see leaf)
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the angle formed between two objects.
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The area between a leaf and the stem from which the leaf arises.
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Upper angle formed by a leaf or branch with the stem.
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The angle above a leaf; the point above a leaf scar.
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The angle created between two structures on a plant, such as the notch formed between the base of a leaf and the stem. Go Back
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the junction of the leaf or petiole and the stem KAREN RANDALL
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The upper angle formed by the junction of a leaf or branch and stem.
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the upper angle between leaf and stem or a branch and stem. ( Derived from Latin axilla the armpit)
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the angle between a leaf or bract and the axis bearing it. adj. axillary.
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The angle formed by a stem with a branch, leaf stalk, or flower stalk growing from it.
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the upper angle between a branch or leaf stalk and the stem from which it grows. Return to
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The corner where a structure meets the axis from which it branches (e.g. the armpit is in the axil of a human arm); the nerve axil Parent Term: Position Plural: Axils Difficulty Level
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the upper angle formed by a leaf/branch with a main stem. In cacti, the axils are located at the base of tubercles. Hairs, shoots, and flowers often originate from the axils especially in Mammillaria species.
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angle between a branch or a leaf and the axis from which it arises.
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The angle formed by the junction of the leaf and stem from which new shoots develop.
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The juncture of a petiole (leaf stem) with the crown or the juncture of a pedicel (individual bloom stem) with a peduncle.
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The acute angle formed by a branch growing out from a stem or a leaf growing from a branch.
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The upper angle between the petiole of a leaf and the stem from which it grows.
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the angle formed between a leaf and a stem.
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The upper hollow where the adaxial (upper) surface of the leaf or bract attaches to the stem
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The area between a leaf and stem, where an axillary bud forms. The axillary bud can be a floral bud that becomes a flower, or a vegetative bud that may produce a lateral stem (or remain dormant).
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(àk´-sil) - The location where the leaf joins a stem.
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The upper acute angle formed by the junction of a leaf with the main stem or stem-branch.
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The angle formed between a leaf stalk and the stem to which it is attached. In flowering plants, buds develop in the axils of leaves.
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The angle between the upper surface of a leaf or leaf stalk and the stem that carries it. A growth or flower bud ("axillary bud") often appears in the axil. [ GO BACK TO TOP INDEX
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The angle between the upper leaf surface and the stem to which it is attached.
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The point of the angle formed by the leaf or petiole with the stem.
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the angle between the upper side of the stem and a leaf or petiole.
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Upper angle between a leaf or flower stalk and the stem (see diagram).
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