pith
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Pith cells stain greenish-blue and are about 50 to 100 microns in diameter in the middle, and smaller toward the outside.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Pith helmets with netting, tools, and wax candles hung from nails near the front door, and a thin veneer of honey lay across everything.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Pith rays very fine, yet distinct; pores in summer wood usually single or in short lines; color of heart-wood reddish brown; of sap-wood yellowish white; peculiar odor on fresh section.
From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William
An ordinary tree branch, in transverse section, consists essentially of three parts only,—the Pith, Wood, and Bark.
From Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John
Pith rays fine but very conspicuous, even without magnifier.
From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William
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