pulp

Any soft, usually juicy, slight cohesive ma , of either animal or vegetable nature. dental p. See p. of tooth, fruit p. The p. in which the seeds of certain fruit are embedded, p. canal. That portion of the p. cavity traversing the root of a tooth from the apical foramen to the bottom of the pulp cavity, p. of tooth. The nucleated cells of the primary basis of the tooth contained in the hollow of the tooth or the pulp cavitq. splenic p. The soft substance of the spleen. [Lat., pulp a.]