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kernel

('k/[@]/rn/-/l )

the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone(noun.plant)

Example:
Black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell.

Synonym:
meat

source: wordnet30
a single whole grain of a cereal(noun.plant)

Example:
A kernel of corn.

source: wordnet30
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum

source: wordnet30
The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of Endocarp.(noun)

source: webster1913

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