katkoa selkäydin — 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.
Senses
katkoa selkäydin is used for these senses in English:
- pith To render insensate or kill (an animal, especially cattle or a laboratory animal) by cutting, piercing, or otherwise destroying the spinal cord. [from early 19th c.]
pith — full definition
- noun The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.
- noun The albedo (“whitish inner portion of the rind”) of a citrus fruit.
- noun Senses relating to humans and animals.
- 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.