AXILLA

(Lat.), n. f. A?x(asx)itl'la®. Gr.. payday. Fr., a is selle. Ger., Achsel, Achselgrube (1st def.), Achselhohle (1st def.), Blattuwankel (2d def.). It., as cell a. Sp., sobaco. 1. The arm-pit; the space, inclosed by the pectoral muscles in front and the large dorsal muscles behind, formed on the lower aspect of the junction of the arm with the trunk. [L, 175.] 2. In botany, an axil: the angle formed by the stem or a branch of a plant and a leaf. 3. In botany (in a more extended sense), an ala; the angle formed hetween the stem ora branch and any organ growing from it, such as a branchlet, a peduncle, ete. [B, 1, 123.]