AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -An axillary bud, the precursor of a branch or lateral shoot, is formed at the junction between a leaf and the stem. The shoot apex tends to inhibit outgrowth of axillary buds, a phenomenon called apical dominance.

Detailed explanation-2: -An axillary bud is a sprout that develops in the axil of a plant, which is the angle formed by the upper side of the stem and an outgrowing leaf or a branch. These embryonic shoots develop exogenously from the outer-cortex layer of the plant at the axillary intersection and then eventually grow into new stems.

Detailed explanation-3: -the axil is the upper angle between a leaf stalk (or any lateral structure) and the stem to which it is attached. an axillary bud is a bud borne in the axil of a leaf. It is also called lateral bud.