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"Pith" Definition

noun

Archaic Spinal cord or bone marrow.
Botany The soft, spongelike, central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants, composed mainly of parenchyma.
Significance; importance.
Strength; vigor; mettle.
The essential or central part; the heart or essence. See Synonyms at substance.

verb-transitive

To kill (cattle) by cutting the spinal cord.
To remove the pith from (a plant stem).
To sever or destroy the spinal cord of, usually by inserting a needle into the vertebral canal.

verb

To kill (as cattle) by piercing or severing the spinal cord.
To destroy the spinal cord or central nervous system of (as a frog) usually by passing a wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal.
To remove the pith from (a plant stem).

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