hilum

Noun
  1. (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ (synset 105232048)
    "the hilus of the kidney"
    referred to in: anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
    is a type of: fissure - (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
    same as: hilus
  2. The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle (synset 111698944)
    is a type of: point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location

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