| pith | The soft central portion of a plant stem inside the vascular cylinder. To destroy the brain of an animal (such as a frog or turtle) to render it unconscious prior to vivisection. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| pitheci | <zoology> A division of mammals including the apes and monkeys. Sometimes used in the sense of Primates. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. An ape. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pithecoid | <zoology> 1. Of or pertaining to the genus Pithecia, or subfamily Pithecinae, which includes the saki, ouakari, and other allied South American monkeys. 2. Of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes in particular, or to the higher apes of the Old World, collectively. Origin: Gr. An ape. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pithecoid theory | The theory of human's descent with the ape from a common ancestor. See: darwinian theory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pithode | The nuclear spindle in karyokinesis. Origin: G. Pithodes, like a jar, fr. Pithos, earthenware wine-jar, + eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| pithy | 1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit. 2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent. "This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed." (Dryden) "In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy. <zoology>" (Addison) Pithy gall, a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly (Diastrophus nebulosus). Origin: Pithier; Pithiest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
Synonyms : Callicebus, Pithecinae
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soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants kernel: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" remove the pith from (a plant)
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Pith is a light substance that is found in vascular plants. It consists of soft, spongy parenchyma cells, and is located in the center of the stem or root. It is encircled by a ring of xylem (woody tissue), and outside that, a ring of phloem (bark tissue). In most plants the pith is solid, but some plants, e.g. grasses and umbellifers, the pith has a hollow centre forming a hollow tube except at the points where leaves are produced, where there is a solid plate across the stem. ...
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Ground tissue in the center of a root or stem originating from ground meristem.
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The small, soft core at the original center of a tree around which wood formation takes place.
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The softer, central part of a twig or stem.
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| pith | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
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| pith | soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants |
| pith | a light-weight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun |
| pith | a light-weight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun |
| pith | the entrance to a coal mine |
| pith | former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus |
| pith | former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus |
| pith | thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia |
| pith | common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum |
| pith | erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds |
| pith | sakis |
| pith | thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia |
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