hilum

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Noun hilum has 2 senses

hilus, hilum - (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"
--₁ is a kind of fissure
hilum - the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle
--₂ is a kind of point