the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Belonging to the hilum.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In zoology and. anatomy, pertaining to a hilum, as of the kidney.
In botany, belonging to the hilum or scar produced by the attachment of a seed.
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adj. of or relating to or located near a hilum
Word Usage
"Initially, Buller's drop is separated from the adaxial drop by its position on a knob called the hilar appendix, but the expanding drops coalesce when their surfaces make contact."