pith
精髓,髓,髓部,髓质
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Definitions
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- : Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- : Zoology. the soft inner part of a feather, a hair, etc.
- : the important or essential part; essence; core; heart: the pith of the matter.
- : significant weight; substance; solidity: an argument without pith.
- : Archaic. spinal cord or bone marrow.
- : Archaic. strength, force, or vigor; mettle: men of pith.
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- : to remove the pith from.
- : to destroy the spinal cord or brain of.
- : to slaughter, as cattle, by severing the spinal cord.
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Examples
She also muddles or bruises herbs to express their aromatic oils, and removes the rind and pith from citrus to ward off unwanted bitterness.
In a good Seville orange, oily and aromatic skin easily gives way to thick, bitter pith, followed by its heavily seeded segments.
It is more like a sweet wine with hints of dried apricots, grapefruit pith, cypress, and lemons.
Haass, now the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, blends history, memoir, and policy pith to great effect.
The unprepared sago is imported from the neighbouring island of Borromeo, and consists of the pith of a short, thick kind of palm.
The pith of the whole sentence can be stated in a few words, if the sentence has unity.
What a tendency there is to round off a narrative into falsehood; or else by parenthesis to destroy its pith and continuity.
These wicks of pith he sold about the town in small penny bundles.
Stem: Cylindrical; creamy white; hollow, or with a loose cottony pith.