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kernel - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" |
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substance,
core,
center,
centre,
essence,
gist,
heart,
inwardness,
marrow,
meat,
nub,
pith,
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cognitive content,
content,
mental object the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
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bare bones (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story"
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hypostasis (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
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haecceity,
quiddity the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
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quintessence the most typical example or representative of a type
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stuff miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff"
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kernel - a single whole grain of a cereal; "a kernel of corn" |
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caryopsis,
grain the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain"
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corn something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"
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kernel - the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone; "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell" |
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meat |
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plant part,
plant structure any part of a plant or fungus
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seed a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
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