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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: hilum n 1: (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter an organ: "the hilum of the kidney"; "hilum of the lung" [syn: {hilus}] 2: the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle
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