Hilum (biology)
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Hilum (biology)
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In botany, a hilum is a scar or mark left on a seed coat by the former attachment to the ovary wall or to the funiculus. On a bean seed, the hilum is called the "eye". For some species of fungus, the hilum is the microscopic indentation left on a spore when it separates from the sterigma of the basidium. A hilum can also be a nucleus of a starch grain; the point around which layers of starch are deposited. The adjectival form hilar denotes the presence of such a mark, and can be used as a distin
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