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Hilum

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hilusnoun(anatomy) A hilum.

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hilusnoun(anatomy) A hilum.
scarnounA permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
omphalodenoun(botany, obsolete) The central part of the hilum of a seed, through which the nutrient vessels pass into the raphe or chalaza.
umbilicusnoun(anatomy) navel
hypocotylnoun(botany) In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling between the root and cotyledons.
micropylenoun(botany) In seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum.
strophiolenoun(botany) An excrescence or tubercle around the hilum of certain seeds.
ulcusnoun(pathology) Synonym of ulcer.
leaf nodenoun(computing theory) A node, in a tree, that has no children.
basenounSomething from which other things extend; a foundation.
endostomenounThe inner peristome of mosses.
jugumnoun(botany) A pair of opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.
seed-budnounThe bud or germ of a seed; an ovule.
ampullanounA vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil.
seed-lobenoun(botany) A cotyledon.
rootholenounA hole in the ground formed by the growth of plant roots.
hypophyllnoun(botany) A proximal part of a sprout or a leaf.
hullnounThe body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.
bulbilnoun(botany) A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil.
epicotylnoun(botany) In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling above the cotyledons.

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