Pulp

pulp, n. the soft fleshy part of bodies, e.g. of teeth: marrow: the soft part of plants, esp. of fruits: any soft ma : the soft ma obtained from the breaking and grinding of rags, ., before it is hardened into paper.— v.t. to reduce to pulp: to deprive of pulp: to separate the pulp.— v.i. to become ripe or juicy, like the pulp of fruit.— ns. Pulp′-en′gine , a machine for converting rags, ., into pulp; Pulp′ifier , an apparatus for reducing fresh meat to a jelly-like pulp, to aid digestion.— v.t. Pulp′ify , to make into pulp. [Fr. pulpe —L. pulp a , flesh without bones.]