hilted

[Eng. hilt; -ed.) Having a hilt; provided with a hilt. hì-lăm, s. (Lat. a little thing, a trifle.) 1. Bot .: A black or other colored scar upon a seed, indicating the spot where it was attached to the funiculus, connecting it with the placenta, or, in the absence of a funiculus, with the placenta itself. Sometimes it coincides with the chalaza, or organic base of the seed; at others, where a raphe exists, it is near the micropyle. When seeds are small their hilum is recognized with difficulty; when large, it may occupy one-third the surface of the seed. Turpin calls the center of the hilum, through which the ve els conveying nourishment pa , the omphalodium. IMG:content-1173.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia him an tog los sum hi-măn-to-glos-sŭm, s. [Gr. him as (gen it. himantos )=a leathern strap or thong, and glo a the tongue.] Bot .: A sub-genus of Orchis.