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PITH (O.E. pitca, cognate with Du. pit, kernel of a nut)

This article appears in Volume V21, Page 665 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PIG-POL
PITH (O.E. pitca, cognate with Du. pit, kernel of a nut) , properly the medulla, the central column of spongy cellular
tissue
 , in the stems of dicotyledonous
plants
  (see
PLANTS
 : Anatomy). The word is thence applied to the spinal cord or marrow in animals, to the medullary end of a
hair
 , and to that which forms the central
part
  or core of any
object
  or substance; hence, figuratively, vigour, energy, concentrated force. Very light hats or helmets are made of the dried pith of the Indian spongewood or hat plant (Acschynomene aspera, the native name being Solah). These pith hats are worn by Europeans in India and the
East
 . The Chinese Ricepaper-tree (Aralia or Fatsia papyrifera), from the pith of which the delicate
white
  film known as "
rice
 -
paper
  " is made, is also known as the pith-plant.


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