'Hilum' definitions:

Definition of 'hilum'

From: WordNet
noun
(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney" [syn: hilus, hilum]
noun
The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle

Definition of 'Hilum'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]