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Nucleus

Definition: A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which
matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or
material portion; -- used both literally and figuratively.

Nucleus

Definition: The body or the head of a comet.

Nucleus

Definition: An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.

Nucleus

Definition: A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats.

Nucleus

Definition: A body, usually spheroidal, in a cell or a protozoan,
distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in
refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents. It is more or
less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through
which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended
a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell
division, under Division.

Nucleus

Definition: The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell.

Nucleus

Definition: The central part around which additional growths are
added, as of an operculum.

Nucleus

Definition: A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs,
in Tunicata and some mollusks.