hilum

hilum has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.
• n.. (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"
• n.. the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle