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pulp: see paper paper, thin, flat sheet or tissue made usually from plant fiber but also from rags and other fibrous materials. It is used principally for printing and writing on but has many other applications. ..... Click the link for more information. . pulp 1. soft or fleshy plant tissue, such as the succulent part of a fleshy fruit 2. Dentistry the soft innermost part of a tooth, containing nerves and blood vessels pulp [pəlp] (anatomy) A mass of soft spongy tissue in the interior of an organ. (botany) The soft succulent portion of a fruit. (engineering) (materials) The cellulosic material produced by reducing wood mechanically or chemically and used in making paper and cellulose products. Also known as wood pulp. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| There was nothing else in the world but that face, and he would never know rest, blessed rest, until he had beaten that face into a pulp with his bleeding knuckles, or until the bleeding knuckles that somehow belonged to that face had beaten him into a pulp. And when one is slapped in the face--why then the consciousness of being rubbed into a pulp would positively overwhelm one. Passepartout, who had been purchasing several dozen mangoes-- a fruit as large as good-sized apples, of a dark-brown colour outside and a bright red within, and whose white pulp, melting in the mouth, affords gourmands a delicious sensation--was waiting for them on deck. |
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