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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L., a little thing, trifle.]

(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

(Anat.)

The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus;

as, the

hilum

of the kidney

Noun.

The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar of the umbilical chord,by which the seed adheres to the pericarp.