pith /pith/

1. The soft tissue within the ring of vascular bundles in the stems of dicotyledonous plants
2. Similar material elsewhere, as the white inner skin of an orange
3. The soft spongy interior of a feather
4. Spinal marrow
5. The innermost, central or most important part
6. Condensed substance, essence
7. Mettle
8. Vigour
9. Substance, weight, significance
10. Importance

1. To remove the pith of
2. To sever, pierce, or destroy the marrow or central nervous system of
3. To kill (animals) in this way

pithˈful adjective

pithˈily adverb

pithˈiness noun

pithˈless adjective

pithˈlike adjective

pithˈy adjective

1. Full of pith
2. Forcible
3. Strong
4. Energetic
5. Sententious and masterful

pithˈball noun

A pellet of pith

pith hat or pith helmet noun

A sun helmet made of sola pith

pithˈ-tree noun

A tropical African papilionaceous tree (Herminiera elaphroxylon) whose very pithlike wood is used for floats, canoes, etc

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