| NOUN | plant | pith | soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants |
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| cognition | pith, kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, sum, nitty-gritty | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | |
| VERB | possession | pith | remove the pith from (a plant) |
| Sounds | pih'th | |
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| Rhymes | arrowsmith ... zenith: 33 rhymes with ihth... | |
| Meaning | Soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants. | |
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| Broader | plant tissue | The tissue of a plant |
| Substances | parenchyma | The primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature |
| Spanish | médula, médula vegetal | |
| Verbs | pith | remove the pith from (a plant) |
| Meaning | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. | |
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| Synonyms | kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, sum, nitty-gritty | |
| Narrower | bare bones | (plural) the most basic facts or elements |
| hypostasis | (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality | |
| quiddity, haecceity | The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other | |
| quintessence | The purest and most concentrated essence of something | |
| stuff | A critically important or characteristic component | |
| Broader | content, cognitive content, mental object | The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
| Spanish | centro, corazón, enjundia, esencia, médula, meollo, núcleo, quid, sustancia | |
| Catalan | bessó, centre, cor, essència, nucli, quid, substància | |
| Adjectives | pithy | concise and full of meaning / meaning |
| Meaning | Remove the pith from (a plant) . | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | get rid of, remove | dispose of |
| Nouns | pith | soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants |
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