The pinyin of pulp: guǒ, ròu.

Basic definition:

Pulp refers to the edible part of a plant, generally the fleshy part of the plant peel (such as apples or nuts), which is divided into fruit pulp, dried fruit pulp, Nut pulp, etc.

Detailed explanation:

The edible part of the fruit. Generally, it is the mesocarp, such as the pulp of peach, plum, and apricot, which is the part between the core and the thin outer skin.

Synonyms: kernel.

Pulp tissue:

Nutritional tissue refers to the part of the tissue that contains most of the nutrients of the object. Generally speaking, nutritional tissue is mainly distinguished from protective tissue. The function of nutritional tissue is The function of providing nutrition and protecting tissue is mainly to protect objects. For example, the peel of cucumber is a protective tissue and the pulp is a nutritional tissue, but these are all classified according to conventional classification methods.

Modern scientific research shows that some protective tissues, such as the peel, contain a much greater amount of certain nutrients than their nutritional tissues. For example, the lycopene content of tomato peel is much greater than that of tomato pulp. The content of lycopene powder or lycopene soft capsules produced from tomato peels is as good as gold.

Of course, modern science is people-oriented and considers issues from a human perspective. From a traditional concept and a plant perspective, cucumber pulp still belongs to nutritional tissue.