The Emergence Machine

Walnut

physical · Food · Level 8 · E3

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Emergence definition

A walnut is a type of seed that grows on a tree, characterized by its wrinkled edible nut in a hard shell, as it is a seed from a tree and has the physical properties of a nut.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “walnut” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “walnut”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0WalnutSeedTreePlantReproductionAnimal… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesWalnutL8SeedL7TreeL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Seed L7 (requires)
    A walnut is a wrinkled edible nut in a hard shell
  • Tree L7 (requires) polysemous
    Walnuts are seeds from trees