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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ axillary.

Adjective

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subaxillary (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Situated under the axilla, or armpit.
  2. (botany) Placed under the axil, or angle formed by the branch of a plant with the stem, or a leaf with the branch.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for subaxillary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)