Definition of kernel

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Kernel (v. i.) To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.

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Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell..
Thresh :: Thresh (v. t.) To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw..
Kernel :: Kernel (n.) A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn..
Zest :: Zest (n.) The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut..
Pistachio :: Pistachio (n.) The nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order Anacardiaceae, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; -- called also pistachio nut. It is wholesome and nutritive. The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily..
Nut :: Nut (n.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel..
Kerneled :: Kerneled (a.) Alt. of Kernelle.
Wynkernel :: Wynkernel (n.) The European moor hen.
Kerneled :: Kerneled (imp. & p. p.) of Kerne.
Kernelled :: Kernelled () of Kerne.
Monopyrenous :: Monopyrenous (a.) Having but a single stone or kernel.
Pyrena :: Pyrena (n.) A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe..
Grain :: Grain (n.) A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food..
Kernel :: Kernel (v. i.) To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.
Kernel :: Kernel (n.) 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..
Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both literally and figuratively..
Cob :: Cob (n.) The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow.
Exacination :: Exacination (n.) Removal of the kernel.
Drupe :: Drupe (n.) A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry and subcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous in the cocoanut..
Ratafia :: Ratafia (n.) A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, cura/ao, etc..
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