- Botany.
- the mark or scar on a seed produced by separation from its funicle or placenta.
- the nucleus of a granule of starch.
- a mark or scar on a spore at the point of attachment to the spore-bearing structure.
- the region at which the vessels, nerves, etc., enter or emerge from a part.
- botany
- a scar on the surface of a seed marking its point of attachment to the seed stalk (funicle)
- the nucleus of a starch grain
- a deep fissure or depression on the surface of a bodily organ around the point of entrance or exit of vessels, nerves, or ducts
