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Pulp


PULP, noun [Latin pulpa. This is probably allied to Latin puls, pulmentum; Gr. from softness.]

1. A soft mass; in general.

2. The soft substance within a bone; marrow.

3. The soft, succulent part of fruit; as the pulp of an orange.

4. The aril or exterior covering of a coffee-berry.

PULP, verb transitive To deprive of the pulp or integument, as the coffee-berry.

The other mode is to pulp the coffee immediately as it comes from the tree. By a simple machine, a man will pulp a bushel in a minute.