Axil vs. Bract: What's the Difference?

The upper angle between a lateral organ, such as a leaf, and the stem that bears it.

A leaflike or scalelike plant part, usually small, sometimes showy or brightly colored, and located just below a flower, a flower stalk, or an inflorescence.

(botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.

(botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.

The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.

A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises.

The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk

A modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence