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the pith
noun
The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.
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Such efforts are the pith and marrow of campaigning.
Sieve out the pith and the pips from the juice.
This is the gist, the pith of Ali Smith.
Instead, they seem oddly stunned by the present, deseeded and without the pith of affect.
Don't rub away at the same spot, or you'll inevitably take the pith.
The pith has to be pared off after the skin is removed.
The pith and poignance of a church lies in its being a company of believers.
I cut the pith away and shredded the zest before dropping it into the pot.
To tone down the bitterness of the pith, I quickly blanched the lemon slices first.
With a vegetable peeler, remove the peel, not the pith, from 4 or 5 oranges.
The larvae overwinter in the pith and emerge as adults in early summer.
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