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dřeň — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • pith noun The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.
  • pulp noun A soft, wet, shapeless mass, especially the fleshy inner part of a fruit or the mashed fibers used to make paper.

Senses

dřeň is used for these senses in English:

  • pith The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.
  • pulp The soft center of a tooth.

pith — full definition

  1. noun The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.
  2. noun The albedo (“whitish inner portion of the rind”) of a citrus fruit.
  3. noun Senses relating to humans and animals.
  4. noun The soft tissue inside a human or animal body or one of their organs; specifically, the spongy interior substance of a horn or the shaft of a feather.

pulp — full definition

  1. noun A soft, wet, shapeless mass, especially the fleshy inner part of a fruit or the mashed fibers used to make paper.
  2. noun Cheap fiction printed on rough paper, known for lurid or sensational stories.
  3. verb To crush something into a soft, pulpy mass, or to reduce it to that state.

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