What's the meaning of "pulpless halves"?
Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York--every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.

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What's the meaning of "pulpless halves"?
Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York--every Monday these  same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.

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thanks! jason Barth,now I am clear!

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The outer part of a fruit, sometimes referred to as the skin, is the rind. The inner part of the fruit that we eat is called the pulp. A pulpless fruit would be a fruit someone has already eaten. In your example someone has taken the time to cut them in half and then remove the pulp, or edible part.

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