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PITH (O.E. pitca, cognate with Du. pi...

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 665 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PITH (O.E. pitca, cognate with Du. See also:pit, See also:kernel of a See also:nut)  , properly the medulla, the central See also:column of spongy cellular See also:tissue, in the stems of dicotyledonous See also:plants (see PLANTS: See also:Anatomy) . The word is thence applied to the See also:spinal See also:cord or marrow in animals, to the medullary end of a See also:hair, and to that which forms the central See also:part or core of any See also:object or substance; hence, figuratively, vigour, See also:energy, concentrated force . Very See also:light hats or helmets are made of the dried See also:pith of the See also:Indian spongewood or See also:hat plant (Acschynomene aspera, the native name being Solah) . These pith hats are worn by Europeans in See also:India and the See also:East . The See also:Chinese Ricepaper-See also:tree (Aralia or Fatsia papyrifera), from the pith of which the delicate See also:white film known as " See also:rice-See also:paper " is made, is also known as the pith-plant .

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