(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
<noun.body> the hilus of the kidney
the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle
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Hilum \Hi"lum\, n. [L., a little thing, trifle.] 1. (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}.
2. (Anat.) The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.