sâmbure

Etymology
One theory is that it comes from : compare, dialectal variant of standard , diminutive of. Alternatively, it may be a substratum word, akin to the Albanian one, or from a root *sumbola, symbola, from, from. Compare 🇨🇬,,.

Noun

 * 1) pit (of a fruit)
 * 2)  the central, core, or essential part of something
 * 1)  the central, core, or essential part of something