hilum
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1. (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | fissure, |
| definition | : | (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes (noun.body) |
| domain category | : | anatomy, general anatomy, |
| definition | : | the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals (noun.cognition) |
2. the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | point, |
| definition | : | the precise location of something; a spatially limited location (noun.location) |
3. (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ (noun.body)
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