pith

Example Sentences

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Among her many dancers, I spy a nurse, an astronaut, a UPS delivery guy — even a dude in a pith helmet.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

Mountain yam, bamboo pith and shoots, lotus seeds and gorgon fruit, which Yin says “looks like chickpeas, and tastes like tapioca,” all appear on his menu, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

This layer holds moisture, much like the pith in the center of a tree trunk.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2023

The last is painted on the semi-circular pith of a banana tree and is owned by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2023

The word code, I wrote before, comes from caudex—the pith of the tree that was used to scratch out early manuscripts.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee