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pulp

  [puhlp]
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–noun
1. the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
2. the pith of the stem of a plant.
3. a soft or fleshy part of an animal body.
4. Also called dental pulp. the inner substance of the tooth, containing arteries, veins, and lymphatic and nerve tissue that communicate with their respective vascular, lymph, and nerve systems.
5. any soft, moist, slightly cohering mass, as that into which linen, wood, etc., are converted in the making of paper.
6. a magazine or book printed on rough, low-quality paper made of wood pulp or rags, and usually containing sensational and lurid stories, articles, etc. Compare slick 1 (def. 9).
7. Mining.
a. ore pulverized and mixed with water.
b. dry crushed ore.
–verb (used with object)
8. to reduce to pulp.
9. to reduce (printed papers, books, etc.) to pulp for use in making new paper.
10. to remove the pulp from.
–verb (used without object)
11. to become reduced to pulp.
Origin:
1555–65; earlier pulpe < L pulpa flesh, pulp of fruit

Related forms:
pulper, noun
pulpless, adjective
pulplike, adjective
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pulp   (pŭlp)   
n.  
  1. A soft moist shapeless mass of matter.
    1. The soft moist part of fruit.
    2. Plant matter remaining after a process, such as the extraction of juice by pressure, has been completed.
  3. The soft pith forming the contents of the stem of a plant.
  4. A mixture of cellulose material, such as wood, paper, and rags, ground up and moistened to make paper.
  5. The soft tissue forming the inner structure of a tooth and containing nerves and blood vessels.
  6. A mixture of crushed ore and water.
  7. A publication, such as a magazine or book, containing lurid subject matter.
v.   pulped, pulp·ing, pulps

v.   tr.
  1. To reduce to pulp. See Synonyms at crush.
  2. To remove the pulp from.
v.   intr.
To be reduced to a pulpy consistency.

[Middle English, from Latin pulpa, fleshy parts of the body, fruit pulp.]
pulp'i·ness n., pulp'ous (pŭl'pəs), pulp'y adj.
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Pulp

Pulp\, n. [L. pulpa flesh, pith, pulp of fruit: cf. F. pulpe.] A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter. Specifically: (a) (Anat.) A tissue or part resembling pulp; especially, the soft, highly vascular and sensitive tissue which fills the central cavity, called the pulp cavity, of teeth. (b) (Bot.) The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of a grape. (c) The exterior part of a coffee berry. --B. Edwards. (d) The material of which paper is made when ground up and suspended in water.

Pulp

Pulp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulping.]

1. To reduce to pulp.

2. To deprive of the pulp, or integument.

The other mode is to pulp the coffee immediately as it comes from the tree. By a simple machine a man will pulp a bushel in a minute. --B. Edwards.
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Language Translation for : pulp
Spanish: pulpa,
German: das Fruchtfleisch,
Japanese: 果肉
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pulp

The soft tissue, containing blood vessels and nerves, that makes up the interior of the tooth.

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pulp 
1563, from L. pulpa "animal or plant pulp, pith of wood." The adjective meaning "sensational" is from pulp magazine (1931), so called from pulp in sense of "the type of rough paper used in cheaply made magazines and books" (1727).
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Main Entry: pulp
Pronunciation: 'p&lp
Function: noun
: a mass of soft tissue: as a : DENTAL PULP b : the characteristic somewhat spongy tissue of the spleen c : the fleshy portionof the fingertip
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pulp (pŭlp)
n.

  1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass of matter.
  2. Dental pulp.
  3. The soft, moist part of fruit.
pulp'ous (pŭl'pəs) or pulp'y adj.

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pulp   (pŭlp)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. The soft tissue forming the inner structure of a tooth and containing nerves and blood vessels.
  2. The soft moist part of a fruit, especially a drupe or pome.
  3. The soft pith forming the contents of the stem of a plant.

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