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nounthe choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
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verbremove the pith from (a plant)type of:
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nounsoft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plantstype of:
Definition that contains pith
- channel a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- pan chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
- ka unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma
- canal a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- duct a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- gnome a short pithy saying expressing a general truth
- mucus protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium
- starch a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
- headgear the hoist at the pithead of a mine
- carcinoma any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer