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The Clue

Starch grain nuclei (4 letter answer)

The Answer

HILA

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Notes

The answer HILA is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2100 puzzles.

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Scars on seeds
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Definition

HILUM as a noun:

1. (hilus, hilum) = (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"
2. the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle