Pith, or medulla, is a tissue in the stems of vascular plants. Pith is composed of soft, spongy parenchyma cells, which in some cases can store starch...
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The pith helmet, also known as the safari helmet, salacot, sola topee, sun helmet, topee, and topi is a lightweight cloth-covered helmet made of sholapith...
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Banana pith or banana stem, is a vegetable harvested from the starchy inner core of banana pseudostems. It is used similarly to heart of palms in the cuisines...
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Pithing /ˈpɪθɪŋ/ is a technique used to immobilize or kill an animal by inserting a needle or metal rod into its brain. It is regarded[by whom?] as a...
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Pither, New Zealand aviator Luke Pither, Canadian hockey player George Pither, English football player This page lists people with the surname Pither...
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Electroscope (redirect from Pith ball electroscope)
versorium), invented by British physician William Gilbert around 1600. The pith-ball electroscope and the gold-leaf electroscope are two classical types...
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Medullary ray (botany) (redirect from Pith ray)
Medullary rays, also known as vascular rays or pith rays, are cellular structures found in some species of wood. They appear as radial planar structures...
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Aeschynomene aspera (redirect from Sola pith plant)
also known by the names sola (Odia ସୋଲ), shola (Bengali শোলা) sola pith plant, pith plant, laugauni (Hindi), Bendu-chettu (Telugu), ponguchedi (Malayalam)...
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Sholapith (section Pith helmet)
Sholapith or shola pith (also referred to as shola and Indian cork) is a dried milky-white spongey plant matter from Aeschynomene species. It can be pressed...
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charge while they are away. A spoof of the Batman comics, with the superhero Pith Possum (voiced by Jeff Bennett) and his sidekick Obediah the Wonder Raccoon...
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