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Diastrophus nebulosus

Pithy \Pith"y\, a. [Compar. Pithier; superl. Pithiest.]

  1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.

  2. 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).