Definitions for hilum

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hilum hi·lum

Spelling: [hahy-luh m]

IPA: /ˈhaɪ ləm/

Hilum is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in hilum (hilmu).

Definitions for hilum

noun

1. Botany. the mark or scar on a seed produced by separation from its funicle or placenta. the nucleus of a granule of starch.
2. Mycology. a mark or scar on a spore at the point of attachment to the spore-bearing structure.
3. Anatomy. the region at which the vessels, nerves, etc., enter or emerge from a part.

Origin of hilum

1650-60; New Latin; Latin: little thing, trifle; see nil

Examples for hilum

hilum, the place of junction of the funiculus with the body of the ovule.

The nut (k) is large, and covered with a shining brown skin, which is strongly marked with the hilum.

Orthotropous ovule of Buckwheat: c, hilum and chalaza; f, orifice.

It is oval in form, with quite a prominent beak at the hilum (Fig. 4).

Seed of a Violet (anatropous): a, hilum; b, rhaphe; c, chalaza.

Campylotropous ovule of a Chickweed: c, hilum and chalaza; f, orifice.

At the time of harvesting, the seeds are deep indigo-blue, the hilum being white.

An excrescence or appendage at or about the hilum of a seed.

Carun-cle, an excrescence or protuberance near the hilum of a seed.

hilum, the scar of the seed; its place of attachment, 110, 126.