kernel

Noun
  1. The inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone (synset 113157787)
    "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell"
    is a type of: plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus
    is a part of: seed - a small hard fruit
    same as: meat
  2. A single whole grain of a cereal (synset 112177573)
    "a kernel of corn"
    is a type of: caryopsis, grain - dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
    subtypes: corn - the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
  3. The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience (synset 105929717)
    "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
    is a type of: cognitive content, content, mental object - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
    subtypes:
    • bare bones - (plural) the most basic facts or elements
    • hypostasis - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
    • haecceity, quiddity - the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
    • quintessence - the purest and most concentrated essence of something
    • stuff - a critically important or characteristic component
    same as: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum

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