Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hilum

2 senses of hilum

Sense 1
hilus, hilum -- ((anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney")
       => fissure -- ((anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes)

Sense 2
hilum -- (the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle)
       => point -- (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street")