| NOUN | plant | kernel, meat | the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| plant | kernel | a single whole grain of a cereal | |
| cognition | kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
| Sounds | ker'nahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | The inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone. | |
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| Example | "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell" | |
| Synonym | meat | |
| Part of | seed | A small hard fruit |
| Broader | plant part, plant structure | Any part of a plant or fungus |
| Spanish | almendra, núcleo | |
| Catalan | bessó | |
| Meaning | A single whole grain of a cereal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a kernel of corn" | |
| Narrower | corn | The dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal |
| Broader | grain, caryopsis | dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses |
| Spanish | grano | |
| Meaning | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty | |
| Narrower | bare bones | (plural) the most basic facts or elements |
| hypostasis | (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality | |
| quiddity, haecceity | 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 | |
| Broader | content, cognitive content, mental object | The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
| Spanish | centro, corazón, enjundia, esencia, médula, meollo, núcleo, quid, sustancia | |
| Catalan | bessó, centre, cor, essència, nucli, quid, substància | |
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