noun pl. cicatrices cic′a·tri′·ces′ (sik′ə trī′sēz′, si kā′trə-) or cicatrixes cica′·trix′es′ (sik′ə triks′iz, si kā′triks′-)

1. Med. the contracted fibrous tissue at the place where a wound has healed; scar
2. Bot.
   1. the scar left on a stem where a branch, leaf, etc. was once attached
   2. the mark left where a wound has healed on a tree or plant
   3. hilum (sense 2a)

Etymology: ME cicatrice < OFr < L cicatrix, a scar