adjective
- relating to or situated on an axis
- of or pertaining to the axis of a plant or organism
Usage: technical; botany
Usage: biology
Examples
- The axile placenta in the flower develops along the central axis of the ovary.
- Botanists examined the axile structure of the plant's reproductive organs.
- The axile skeleton provides the main support for the body.
- In this species, the axile arrangement of seeds is characteristic.