The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diastrophus nebulosus
Pithy \Pith"y\, a. [Compar. Pithier; superl. Pithiest.]
Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.
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Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.
This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed.
--Dryden.In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy.
--Addison.Pithy gall (Zo["o]l.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly ( Diastrophus nebulosus).