Ground meristem The central region of the apical meristem from which the ground tissues of pith, cortex, medullary rays, and mesophyll differentiate. In root meristem it is also called periblem.
That is both fascinating and somewhat scary, and it makes the Allied and Japanese armies look a little like one part, you know, John Wayne in a war film combined with one part pith helmet wearing Great White Explorer, kind of.
They're a very good natur'd people, my people, but they're accuthtomed to be quick in their movementh; and if you don't act upon my advithe, I'm damned if I don't believe they'll pith you out o' winder'.
What was the gallant grace of the Lynns, the languid elegance of Lord Ingram, —even the military distinction of Colonel Dent, contrasted with his look of native pith and genuine power?
Readily of a second sort of Victorian plant collector the pith helmeted explorer searching foreign lands for interesting specimens to address These days attitudes to this sort of collecting have changed.
When the native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, Hamlet observed, enterprises of great pith and moment lose the name of action.