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Definitions of pith in various dictionaries:
noun - soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
noun - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
verb - remove the pith from (a plant)
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| ___ helmet (safari wear) |
| Heart of the matter |
| Essence |
| Meat |
| Core |
| Marrow |
| Kind of helmet |
| Type of helmet |
| Essential part |
| Central part |
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| the white substance between the skin and the flesh of citrus fruits such as oranges, or the soft, white inside part of the stem of some plants |
| the spongy white tissue lining the rind of oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruits. |
| soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants |
| the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
| Remove the pith from. |
| Vigour and conciseness of expression. |
| The essence of something. |
| The spongy white tissue lining the rind of oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruits. |
| Pierce or sever the spinal cord of (an animal) so as to kill or immobilize it. |
| Zoology The soft inner substance of a feather or hair. |
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Pith, or medulla, is a tissue in the stems of vascular plants. Pith is composed of soft, spongy parenchyma cells, which store and transport nutrients throughout the plant. In eudicots, pith is located in the center of the stem. In monocots, it extends also into flowering stems and roots. The pith is encircled by a ring of xylem; the xylem, in turn, is encircled by a ring of phloem. * While new pith growth is usually white or pale in colour, as the tissue ages it commonly darkens to a deeper brown color. In trees pith is generally present in young growth, but in the trunk and older branches the pith often gets replaced - in great part - by xylem. In some plants, the pith in the middle of the stem may dry out and disintegrate, resulting in a hollow stem. A few plants, such as walnuts, have distinctive chambered pith with numerous short cavities (See image at middle right). The cells in the peripheral parts of the pith may, in some plants, develop to be different from cells in the rest of t |