A bud that grows from the axil of a leaf and may develop into a branch or flower cluster.
Also called lateral bud
Example sentencesExamples
Whereas leaves remain microscopic even when fully developed, each spine cluster is a modified axillary bud, thus indicating the site where a leaf primordium was formed.
In most species, removal of the shoot apex allows axillary buds to grow out due to a phenomenon called apical dominance.
If the leaf left behind was developmentally very young, both the axillary bud and roots grew out only on the leaf side.
In Amaranthus blitoides and A. crispus the main shoot usually begins to branch during seedling development from axillary buds associated with the cotyledons.
Each long shoot extends sympodially, bearing three to seven leaves with axillary buds in alternate phyllotaxis.
Definition of axillary bud in US English:
axillary bud
noun
Botany
A bud that grows from the axil of a leaf and may develop into a branch or flower cluster.
Also called lateral bud
Example sentencesExamples
If the leaf left behind was developmentally very young, both the axillary bud and roots grew out only on the leaf side.
In most species, removal of the shoot apex allows axillary buds to grow out due to a phenomenon called apical dominance.
In Amaranthus blitoides and A. crispus the main shoot usually begins to branch during seedling development from axillary buds associated with the cotyledons.
Each long shoot extends sympodially, bearing three to seven leaves with axillary buds in alternate phyllotaxis.
Whereas leaves remain microscopic even when fully developed, each spine cluster is a modified axillary bud, thus indicating the site where a leaf primordium was formed.