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axillary
/ˈæksɪlɛɹi/
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What does axillary mean?
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit.
- Situated in, or rising from, an axil; relating to an axil.
noun
- Alternative form of axillar.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæksɪlɛɹi/
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The flowers are pale pink edged with a deeper tint, about an inch across, and borne in terminal and axillary clusters.
The axillary wool and the capillary radials are also apt to be more or less persistent, thus giving the whole plant a woolly appearance.
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Flowering all summer; flowers rose-pink and buff, axillary, star-like, succeeded by scarlet berries in the fall; stems prostrate, or scrambling; an old-fashioned vine on porches.
The axillary artery was seen lying in the wound, pulsating feebly, but had been efficiently closed by the torsion of the machinery.
Mr. Swinhoe states that with one of the Drongo shrikes (Dicrurus macrocercus) the male, whilst almost a nestling, moults his soft brown plumage and becomes of a uniform glossy greenish-black; but the female retains for a long time the white striae and spots on the axillary feathers; and does not completely assume the uniform black colour of the male for three years.