HI'LUM, noun The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar of the umbilical chord, by which the seed adheres to the pericarp.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
hilum
Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign