What is "kernels"

Usage examples of "kernels".

One of the last kernels popped, hitting his cheek, before it jumped back into the pot.

The corn grew green and tallbut the kernels were small, and crumbled to powder as the husks were stripped off.

Occasionally scarlet spears were seen growing from the tangle of leaf and vine, lancing the mist huskily, spilling orange, scarlet, and black kernels from lateral pockets.

He ate as though he were very hungry and none spoke until he supped down loudly three bowls of the thin rice gruel, cracking quickly between his teeth the bones of the fish and the kernels of the beans.