hilum noun. ['hʌɪlǝm] Pl. -la [-lǝ]. M17.
[Latin hilum little thing, trifle, once thought to mean 'that which adheres to a bean'.]
1. A very minute thing. Only in M17.

2. Botany. The scar of a seed, marking the point where it was attached to the fruit by the funicle. M18.
b. A point in a starch granule around which the layers of starch are arranged. M19.

3. Anatomy. = HILUS. rare. L19.

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