piths
Stems' spongy innards
Piths is the verb form of pith, meaning to remove the pith from something—typically the white spongy tissue inside citrus peel or the central core of plant stems.
In a grimmer sense, to pith is to destroy the spinal cord or brain of an animal, usually for scientific purposes: The technician piths the frog before dissection.
Seed or essential core
- centerMiddle of anything
- nucleusCentral controlling part
- heartCirculatory system's pump
- cruxMost important point
gist · essence · marrow · quintessence · substance · nub · hub · pivot
Soft and absorbent
- stemsPlant's main axes
- stalksFollows obsessively or secretly
- cellularComposed of small units
- vascularOf blood vessels
tissue · bark · rind · pulp · fiber · botanical · woody · herbaceous
Shortness of expression
- succinctnessQuality of being brief
- tersenessExtreme brevity of expression
- concisionVerbal economy, pared down
- economySystem of trade and production
compactness · laconic · epigrammatic · aphoristic · curtness · preciseness · clarity · summarization
kernel
Seed or essential core
crux · gist · essence · marrow · quintessence · substance · nub · hub · pivot · focal
spongy
Soft and absorbent
vascular · tissue · bark · rind · pulp · fiber · botanical · woody · herbaceous · papyrus
brevity
Shortness of expression
- succinctnessQuality of being brief
- tersenessExtreme brevity of expression
- concisionVerbal economy, pared down
economy · compactness · laconic · epigrammatic · aphoristic · curtness · preciseness · clarity · summarization · synopsis
strength
Power to exert force
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
- energyPower to do work
- forcefulnessPowerful assertive quality
power · intensity · potency · vigor · robustness · substance · weight · punch · impact · muscle
pithsrinds
Tough outer coverings
peels · barks · skins · outer layers · exteriors
pithssurfaces
Outer layers or appears
superficialities · peripheries · exteriors · veneers · trivialities
pithslong-windedness
Tedious verbal excess
wordiness · ramblings · digressions · elaborations · circumlocutions
- pith helmetLightweight tropical sun hat
- pithy remarksBrief, forceful comments
- pithy sayingsTerse, memorable expressions
- pithy statementsTerse, meaningful expressions
- pithy expressionsCompact, meaningful phrases
pith, pithy, pithed, pithiness, pithing, pithily, pithier, pithiest