Hilum has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
"the hilus of the kidney"
2
the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle
3
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.
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