axillary

Etymology

Alteration by association with -ary of the French axillaire (“of the axilla”), itself an alteration of the earlier forms aisselliere and aissellaire, both from the assumed Latin etymon *axillāris, from axilla (“armpit”), diminutive form of the assumed *axula.

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit.
  2. (botany) Situated in, or rising from, an axil; relating to an axil.

noun

  1. Alternative form of axillar

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