pith

Definition of pith

Nouns

soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
Type of:
plant tissue
the tissue of a plant
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Synonyms:
center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, substance, sum
Types:
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bare bones
(plural) the most basic facts or elements
hypostasis
(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
haecceity, quiddity
the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
quintessence
the purest and most concentrated essence of something
stuff
a critically important or characteristic component
Type of:
cognitive content, content, mental object
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

Verbs

remove the pith from (a plant)
Type of:
get rid of, remove
dispose of

Vocabulary Lists for pith

  • abase
  • abash
  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abdicate

Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 1-12 »(287 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
  • incommodious
  • cogitate
  • endue
  • immolate
  • commiserate

WordMasters: Grade 8 Blue Division Nov-Dec '08 »(25 words)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1570/
  • mantle
  • foment
  • incessant
  • cohesion
  • lambaste

Vegetal Teratology »(1358 words)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23354 by Maxwell T....
  • Abies
  • abortive
  • acacia
  • acarine
  • acaulescent

Patty's New List »(860 words)
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  • abaft
  • abase
  • abate
  • abdicate
  • abet

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 8-15 »(708 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
  • premeditate
  • symbolising
  • abase
  • discern
  • endue

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Intro + Chapters 1-7 »(650 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
  • embroider
  • imbue
  • ignominy
  • decapitate
  • scaffold

WordMasters: Grade 7 Blue Division Nov-Dec '09 »(25 words)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/2030/
  • chaff
  • retract
  • feckless
  • voracity
  • shroud

  • rank
  • rancid
  • ramshackle
  • ramp
  • ramification

Words that contain pith