Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hilum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hilum \Hi"lum\, n. [L., a little thing, trifle.]
1. (Bot.) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar
at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base
or support; -- called also {hile}.
2. (Anat.) The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the
blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum
of the kidney.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hilum
n 1: (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or
ducts enter a bodily organ: "the hilus of the kidney"
[syn: {hilus}]
2: the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to
the funicle
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