The pith or innermost part of a plant or tree; the pulp or edible inner part of a fruit; the kernel of a grain or nut. Now rare.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > tissue > pith or soft internal tissue (15) marroweOE The pith or innermost part of a plant or tree; the pulp or edible inner part of a fruit; the kernel of a grain or nut. Now rare. pitheOE The soft internal tissue of a plant part; esp. a central cylinder of parenchyma in a stem or root. Also: a layer of spongy tissue lining the rind in… flesh1574 transferred. The soft pulpy substance of fruit, or a plant; that part which is enclosed by the rind, and encloses the core or kernel, esp. when… fat1575 In various transferred senses. The soft part of a fruit or tree. pulp1578 The soft fleshy internal part of a fruit, vegetable, etc.; the soft pith in the interior of a stem. medulla1583 Botany. The soft internal tissue of a plant or part of a plant; the pith. Also: the central tissue of the thallus of a lichen or fungus. brain1601 The terminal bud of a palm tree, esp. a date palm; a palm heart. Obsolete (historical in later use). matrix1633 The pith of a plant. Obsolete. Subcategories:— quality of (2) — medullary ray(s) (5) |
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