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Definitions for Pith

[1] Botany . the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
[2] Zoology . the soft inner part of a feather, a hair, etc.
[3] the important or essential part; essence; core; heart: the pith of the matter.
[4] significant weight; substance; solidity: an argument without pith.
[5] Archaic . spinal cord or bone marrow.
[6] Archaic . strength, force, or vigor; mettle: men of pith.
[7] to remove the pith from (plants).
[8] to destroy the spinal cord or brain of.
[9] to slaughter, as cattle, by severing the spinal cord.
[10] the soft fibrous tissue lining the inside of the rind in fruits such as the orange and grapefruit
[11] the essential or important part, point, etc
[12] weight; substance
[13] Also called: medulla botany the central core of unspecialized cells surrounded by conducting tissue in stems
[14] the soft central part of a bone, feather, etc
[15] to destroy the brain and spinal cord of (a laboratory animal) by piercing or severing
[16] to kill (animals) by severing the spinal cord
[17] to remove the pith from (a plant)

Words related to Pith

vigor, heart, substance, embodiment, meat, gist, importance, essence, soul, crux, fiber, nucleus, significance, strength, force, marrow, pulp, center, medulla, corey

Words nearby Pith

pitchstone, pitchy, piteous, pitesti, pitfall, pith, pith helmet, pith ray, pithead, pithecanthrope, pithecanthropoid

Origin of Pith

before 900; Middle English; Old English pitha; cognate with Dutch pit. See pit2

Word origin for Pith

Old English pitha; compare Middle Low German pedik, Middle Dutch pitt (e )

Synonyms for Pith

center, crux, embodiment, essence, fiber, force, gist, heart, importance, marrow, meat, medulla, nucleus, pulp, significance, soul, strength, substance, vigor, corey, sum and substance