pulpy
- adjective
- /ˈpəlpi/
- The overripe banana had a pulpy texture, making it perfect for smoothies.
- pulpy fruit
Examples
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An orange, pulpy ooze bloomed like a flower, then dripped down like blood.
Fiction book (2000) -
Combined, they formed the pulpy and familiar features of the Bourbon king.
Fiction book (1992) -
The surface that remained was pulpy and raw.
Fiction book (1995) -
Your skin goes pulpy and tears easily.
Fiction book (1993) -
You have to have soft pulpy fingertips.
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Brigitte ate only smooth peanut butter with grape jelly on the same pulpy bread that Sasha liked.
Fiction book (2000) -
A pulpy puree of figs, raisins, strawberries and full of Mohammed's potent herbs and spices, of course.
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After cooking for hours, the tomatoes turned into a saucy, pulpy mixture.
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The chef preferred the pulpy filling of the pastry, as it added richness to the dish.
Synonyms
Full of juice, like a ripe peach or orange
Soft and wet like cooked vegetables or very ripe bananas
Soft and easy to crush, often wet or spongy
Antonyms
How Pulpy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pulpy comes from the Latin word pulpa, meaning 'flesh' or 'pulp', and it has the same root as pulp. Think of the soft, juicy 'flesh' inside a fruit; that's why something pulpy is soft, wet and full of pulp.