Synonyms:
pith
Meaning: soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
pith
Meaning: remove the pith from (a plant)
Usage examples
In those days folk still believed in witches and trembled at a curse; and this one, falling so pat, like a wayside omen, to arrest me ere I carried out my purpose, took the pith out of my legs.