<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.</li><li>the body of a seed within its husk or integuments.</li><li>a whole seed grain, as of wheat or corn.</li><li>the pit or seed of a peach, cherry, plum, etc.</li><li>the central or most important part of anything; essence; gist; core.</li><li>Mathematics: the set of elements that a given function from one set to a second set maps into the identity of the second set.</li><li>Physical Chemistry: the remainder of an atom after the valence electrons have been removed.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to enclose as a kernel.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>