noun. The soft, spongy tissue in the center of the stems of most vascular plants, consisting mainly of parenchyma.

noun. undefined

noun. The soft inner substance of a feather or hair.

noun. The spinal cord.

noun. The essential or central part; the heart or essence.

noun. Strength; vigor; mettle.

noun. Significance; importance.

transitive verb. To remove the pith from (a plant stem).

transitive verb. To sever or destroy the spinal cord of, usually by inserting a needle into the vertebral canal.

transitive verb. To kill (cattle) by cutting the spinal cord.

To introduce an instrument into the cranial or spinal cavity of (an animal, as a frog), and destroy the cerebrospinal axis or a part of it.

noun. The soft interior portion of the shaft of a feather.

noun. In botany, the medulla, or central cylinder, composed of typical parenchymatous tissue, which occupies the center of the stems of dicotyledonous plants.

noun. In. anatomy: The spinal cord or marrow; the medulla spinalis.

noun. The central or medullary core of a hair.

noun. Strength; vigor; force.

noun. Energy; concentrated force; closeness and vigor of thought and style.

noun. Condensed substance or matter; quintessence.

noun. Weight; moment; importance.

noun. The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of cellular tissue.

noun. undefined

noun. The spongy interior substance of a feather.

noun. The spinal cord; the marrow.

noun. Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength; importance.

noun. Same as Rice paper, under Rice.

transitive verb. To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal.

noun. The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.

noun. The essential or vital part.

verb. To extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree).

verb. To kill (especially cattle or laboratory animals) by cutting or piercing the spinal cord.

noun. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

noun. soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants

verb. remove the pith from (a plant)

"Now scoop the pith from the shells as much as you can."

discoid pith  energy  essence  force  

pith helmet  

get rid of  plant tissue  remove  

Blyth  Fifth  Smith  Smyth  fifth  

pulp  terseness  

affective meaning  axiom  axis  backbone  bearing  

pithed  pithing  piths