Pithy: alternatives and connections

An adjective suffix meaning full of, abounding in, having, possessing the qualities of, like; as in gracious, abounding in grace; ardu…

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.

A short caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of seed; -- otherwise called a radicle.

A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuabl…

To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devo…

One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a…

The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root an…

An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity pre…

A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, ir…

Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark,…

To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to we…

A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, a…

To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to e…

The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.

Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago

The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as…

The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is ea…