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Pronunciation : Pulp
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. pulpa flesh, pith, pulp of fruit: cf. F. pulpe.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pulp
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Pulped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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