almond vs kernel

almond

noun
  • Prunus dulcis var. amara, bitter almond, a variety that only produces bitter fruits 

  • A type of tree nut. 

  • Flavor or other characteristics of almond. 

  • The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour. 

  • Prunus japonica, flowering almond, an ornamental shrub in family Rosaceae 

  • The color of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown. 

  • Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil. 

  • Brabejum stellatifolium or bitter almond, in family Proteaceae 

  • Prunus andersonii, desert almond, a North American shrub in family Rosaceae 

  • A small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, that produces predominantly sweet almonds. 

  • Terminalia catappa, Indian almond or tropical almond, in family Combretaceae 

  • Prunus fasciculata, desert range almond or wild almond, North American shrub in family Rosaceae 

adj
  • Brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut. 

kernel

noun
  • The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums. 

  • The human clitoris. 

  • The nucleus and electrons of an atom excluding its valence electrons. 

  • For a category with zero morphisms: the equalizer of a given morphism and the zero morphism which is parallel to that given morphism. 

  • A set of pairs of a mapping's domain which are mapped to the same value. 

  • A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat. 

  • A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh. 

  • The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose grade of membership is 1). 

  • The core, center, or essence of an object or system. 

  • The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components. 

  • A function used to define an integral transform. 

  • The core engine of any complex software system. 

  • The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed. 

  • For a given function (especially a linear map between vector spaces), the set of elements in the domain which are mapped to zero; (formally) given f : X → Y, the set {x ∈ X : f(x) = 0}. 

verb
  • To enclose within a kernel 

  • To crenellate 

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