pith
noun
1. soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
Definition categories: plant
2. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Similar word(s): center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, substance, sum
Definition categories: thought, content
Sentences with pith as a noun:
- The pith of my idea is truth.