pith
1. soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
plant tissue
• Substance Meronyms:
parenchyma
2. 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
• Syn:
kernel, substance, core, center, centre,
essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow,
meat, nub, sum, nitty-gritty
• Derivationally related forms:
summate (for: sum), pithy, meaty (for: meat), essential (for: essence), central (for: center)
• Hypernyms:
content, cognitive content, mental object
• Hyponyms:
bare bones, hypostasis, quiddity, haecceity, quintessence, stuff
remove the pith from (a plant)
• Hypernyms:
get rid of, remove
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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