PULP, n. [L.pulpa. This is probably allied to L. 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, v.t. 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.
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