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English to English noun
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the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone |  | Example: black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell
source: wordnet30
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a single whole grain of a cereal |  | Example: a kernel of corn
source: wordnet30
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the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |  | Example: the gist of the prosecutor's argument the heart and soul of the Republican Party the nub of the story
source: wordnet30
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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. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels. |  | source: webster1913
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