nub
/nʌb/ noun C2- A small knob or lump.
- The essence or core of an issue, argument etc. · What do you think is the nub of the problem?
- The clitoris.
- A pointing stick.
- A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.
- The genital tubercle. · nub theory
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