pith

[US]/pɪθ/
[UK]/pɪθ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the spongy layer under the rind of citrus fruits such as oranges, core, essence, crucial point; energy, vitality, strength.

Phrases & Collocations

pithy comment

pith helmet

remove the pith

full of pith

pithy response

Example Sentences

the pith and core of socialism.

he writes with a combination of pith and exactitude.

Collateral or bicollateral vascular bundle, developmental pith and medullary ray are obvious.

The pith of this stemlike stele appears rather strongly like collenchyma tissue.

sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago.

Exsanguination, stunning, and pithing should not be used as sole methods of euthanasia but as adjuncts to other methods.

Objective: To study the anti-free base effect of Guang Ju jube, Humifuse Euphorbia, Rush Pith fragrant plant, Multi-leave Jidou and Blue Potted Flower.

Ground meristem The central region of the apical meristem from which the ground tissues of pith, cortex, medullary rays, and mesophyll differentiate. In root meristem it is also called periblem.

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