hilum
Meaning of hilum
noun
the scar on a seed marking the point of attachment to its seed vessel.
mid 17th century (in the Latin sense): from Latin, literally ‘little thing, trifle’, once thought to mean ‘that which sticks to a bean’, hence the current sense (mid 18th century).
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Hyphenation of hilum
hilum
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- hilum is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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Meaning hilus:
Words that rhyme with hilum
Nubilum, Paphiopedilum, paphiopedilum, filum, haemophilum, nihilum, pilum, coleoptilum, hypoptilum
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