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nocciolo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • core noun The central or most essential part of something.
  • hazel noun A small tree or shrub (genus Corylus) that produces edible nuts.
  • heart noun The muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally seen as the seat of emotion.
  • kernel noun The soft, edible part inside a nut or seed, once the hard shell or husk is removed.
  • pit noun A hole or hollow in the ground.
  • stone noun A hard natural material, or a piece of it, such as rock or a pebble.

Senses

nocciolo is used for these senses in English:

  • core The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
  • drupe (botany) a kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.
  • drupelet (botany) One of the small drupe-like subdivisions which compose the outer layer of certain fruit such as blackberries or raspberries. [from mid 19th c.]
  • hazel (countable) A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
  • heart (figurative) The centre, essence, or core.
  • kernel The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
  • kernel (botany, US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
  • pit A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.

core — full definition

  1. noun The central or most essential part of something.
  2. noun The hard central part of certain fruits, containing the seeds.
  3. adj Forming the most important or fundamental part of something.
  4. verb To remove the core from a piece of fruit.

hazel — full definition

  1. noun A small tree or shrub (genus Corylus) that produces edible nuts.
  2. adj A greenish-brown colour, especially of eyes.

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