- Pulpy
- Pulpy Pulp"y, n. Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the {pulpy} covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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pulpy — [pul′pē] adj. pulpier, pulpiest of or like pulp: also pulpous pulpily adv. pulpiness n … English World dictionary
pulpy — In the condition of a soft, moist solid. SYN: pulposus. * * * pulpy pəl pē adj, pulp·i·er; pulp·i·est resembling or consisting of pulp <a pulpy mass> * * * pul·py (pulґpe) soft or pultaceous … Medical dictionary
pulpy — [[t]pʌ̱lpi[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is pulpy is soft, smooth, and wet, often because it has been crushed or beaten. The chutney should be a thick, pulpy consistency … English dictionary
pulpy — adjective a) Having the characteristics of pulp A pulpy TV thriller. b) Having the characteristics of pulp fiction; thus, having a garish focus on sex and violence … Wiktionary
pulpy — pulp ► NOUN 1) a soft, wet mass of crushed or pounded material. 2) the soft fleshy part of a fruit. 3) a soft wet mass of fibres derived from rags or wood, used in papermaking. 4) (before another noun ) denoting popular or sensational writing,… … English terms dictionary
pulpy — мягкий pulpy fruit мягкий плод … English-Russian travelling dictionary
pulpy kidney — n a destructive enterotoxemia of lambs caused by a bacterium of the genus Clostridium (C. perfingens) and characterized by softening and degeneration of the kidneys and often by accumulation of fluid about the heart called also pulpy kidney… … Medical dictionary
pulpy fleshy — nonwoody onwoody adj. not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood; as, nonwoody plants. Opposite of {woody}. [Narrower terms: {herbaceous}; {pulpy, fleshy}] [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pulpy kidney disease — noun or pulpy kidney : a destructive enterotoxemia of lambs caused by clostridia (especially Clostridium welchii) and characterized by softening and degeneration of the kidneys and often by accumulation of fluid about the heart … Useful english dictionary
pulpy kidney — noun see pulpy kidney disease … Useful english dictionary
