| apricot kernel oil | See: persic oil. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| apricot | <botany> A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange colour, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone. Origin: OE. Apricock, abricot, F. Abricot, fr. Sp. Albaricoque or Pg. Albricoque, fr. Ar. Albirqq, al-burqq. Though the E. And F. Form abricot is derived from the Arabic through the Spanish, yet the Arabic word itself was formed from the Gr, pl. (Diosc. C. 1000) fr. L. Praecoquus, praecox, early ripe. The older E. Form apricock was prob. Taken direct from Pg. See Precocious, Cook. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| peach kernel oil | See: persic oil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kernel | 1. 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. 2. A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn. 3. A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh. 4. The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument. Origin: OE. Kernel, kirnel, curnel, AS.cyrnel, fr. Corn grain. See Corn, and cf. Kern to harden. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kernel blight | <microbiology, plant biology> Any of a group of fungal diseases of barley which cause withering and discolouration of the grain, Gibberella zeae, Helminthosporiumsativum and Alternaria are typically the culprits. (09 Oct 1997) |
| kernel spot | <microbiology, plant biology> A fungal disease of pecans that causes irregular brown spots on the nuts, it is caused by Coniothyrum caryogenum. (09 Oct 1997) |