pulp
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3.0
- noun
- /pʌlp/
:
pulpa
- The tree was laden with fuzzy brown fruits with their milky-white pulp that both chimpanzees and gorillas relish.
- fruit pulp
- pulp and seeds
- pulp and stone
Examples
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Plantain fruits look like large bananas, but the pulp is not as soft.
Academic text (1995) -
You can eat the pulp of the fruit directly or use it to add flavor to desserts.
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I left the split seeds and floating pulp of my old drink and started the new one.
Fiction book (1994) -
His skin is mottled and looks like the pulp of an orange.
Fiction book (1995) -
The sweet pulp is an attractive food, encouraging the animals to remove the pods.
Academic text (2003) -
There's a little man in the kitchen straining the pulp out right now.
Fiction book (1996) -
The fruit was next separated into four parts: peel, pulp, seed, and aril.
Academic text (2018) -
After cutting the orange in half, I used a spoon to scoop out the sweet, juicy pulp inside.
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The chef prepared a delicious smoothie by blending mango pulp with yogurt and honey.
Synonyms
84
1.5
Soft part inside a fruit under the skin that surrounds the seed
Idioms
- Offensive
15
7.6
Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly
Compounds
- Archaic
2
7.7
A cheap printed magazine on rough paper with colorful covers and exciting stories
- Specialized
Leftover potato material after removing starch that farmers feed to animals
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Etymology
The word pulp comes from the Latin pulpa, which meant 'soft flesh'. So the fruit's pulp is the soft, edible 'flesh' you find inside the skin.