hila
Multiple Entries:hila hilum
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hila/ˈhʌɪlə(r)/
plural form of hilum.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hilum /ˈhʌɪləm/
▶noun (pl. hila /-lə/)
- 1 Botany the scar on a seed marking the point of attachment to its seed vessel.
- 2 Anatomy another term for hilus.
– origin C17: from L., lit. ‘little thing, trifle’, once thought to mean ‘that which sticks to a bean’.
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