axillary, a.
(ˈæksɪlərɪ)
[f. as prec.; see -ary2.]
1. Pertaining or adjacent to the armpit or shoulder.
| 1615 Crooke Body of Man 977 The second [tacke of the backe] is called..the Axillary spondell. 1791 W. Vaughan Princ. Anat. I. 381 The Axillary artery. 1842 E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. 345 The axillary vein is formed by the union of the venæ comitis of the brachial artery with the basilic vein. 1871 Darwin Desc. Man II. xv. 179 The white striae and spots on the axillary feathers. |
2. Bot. Situated in, or growing from, the axil.
| 1786 Rees Encycl., Axillary leaves..grow out of the angles formed by the branches of the stem. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. Introd. 23 All Labiatæ have axillary cymes. |