HILUM
\hˈɪləm], \hˈɪləm], \h_ˈɪ_l_ə_m]\
Definitions of HILUM
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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1. A depression at the edge or on the surface of an organ where the vessels and nerves enter or leave; now usually called hilus. 2. In botany, the scar on a seed where it has broken off from its placenta or stalk. 3. The pedicle of the flap in a plastic operation.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The eye of a seed; the scar or spot indicating the point where the seed was attached to the pericarp, as the dark mark at the one end of a bean.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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The scar on the ovule where it was attached to the placenta; the eye of a seed; the nucleus of a starch grain.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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