'Hilum' definitions:
Definition of 'hilum'
(from WordNet)
noun
(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney" [syn: hilus, hilum]
noun
The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle
Definition of 'Hilum'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]