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hilum
[ hahy-luhm ]
noun
plural hila
- Botany.
- the mark or scar on a seed produced by separation from its funicle or placenta.
- the nucleus of a granule of starch.
- Mycology. a mark or scar on a spore at the point of attachment to the spore-bearing structure.
- Anatomy. the region at which the vessels, nerves, etc., enter or emerge from a part.
hilum
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- botany
- a scar on the surface of a seed marking its point of attachment to the seed stalk (funicle)
- the nucleus of a starch grain
- a deep fissure or depression on the surface of a bodily organ around the point of entrance or exit of vessels, nerves, or ducts
hilum
/ ī′ə /
, Plural hila
- A mark or scar on a seed, such as a bean, showing where it was formerly attached to the plant. The hilum indicates the point of attachment of the funiculus.
- A depression or opening through which nerves, ducts, or blood vessels pass in an organ or a gland, as in the medial aspect of the lungs or the kidneys .
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Other 51Թ Forms
- l adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hilum1
C17: from Latin: trifle; see nihil
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Example Sentences
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Inverted and straight, with the micropyle next the hilum and the radicle consequently inferior.
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At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle.
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The form of the hilum is constant throughout a genus, and sometimes also in whole tribes.
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In an orthotropal seed the embryo is inverted or antitropal, the radicle pointing to the apex of the seed, or to the part opposite the hilum.
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In the Cetacea this transverse opening is kidney-shaped, the hilum of the kidney being above.
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