pulplessadj.
/ˈpʌlpləs/, U.S. /ˈpəlpləs/ Lacking pulp, having no pulp.
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1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 268 [Fragaria sterilis] Barren Strawberry. Anglis... The fruit is dry and pulpless.
1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 35 Its oval fruit, of a yellowish red..is eaten even when unripe... Pulpless, hard, and stringy, it has—when mature—a slight taste of gingerbread.
1875 Dental Cosmos 17 521 Ridiculous demands, such as for devitalization of pulps in pulpless teeth.
1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby iii. 47 Every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.
1991 Oral Surg., Oral Med., Oral Pathol. 72 602 Bleaching pulpless teeth with 30% hydrogen peroxide was reported to cause external cervical root resorption.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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