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   pith

   /pɪθ/

   noun

   • 1. the spongy white tissue lining the rind of oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruits.
   • ▪ the spongy cellular tissue in the stems and branches of many higher plants.
   • ▪ spinal marrow. archaic
   • 2. the essence of something: "a book that he believed contained the pith of all his work" Similar essenceessential partmain pointfundamental pointheartsubstanceheart of the matternubcorequintessencepointcruxgistsalient pointfocal pointnucleusmeatkernelmarrowburdeninformal:nitty-gritty
   • 3. vigour and conciseness of expression: "he writes with a combination of pith and exactitude" Similar succinctnessconcisenessconcisionpithinesseconomy of languagebrevityvigourcogencyweightdepthforceforcefulnesspowerstrength

   verb

   • 1. remove the pith from: "peel and pith the oranges"
   • 2. pierce or sever the spinal cord of (an animal) so as to kill or immobilize it.

   Word Origin Old Englishpitha, of West Germanic origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pithless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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