tunica
Americannoun
noun
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anatomy tissue forming a layer or covering of an organ or part, such as any of the tissue layers of a blood vessel wall
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botany the outer layer or layers of cells of the meristem at a shoot tip, which produces the epidermis and cells beneath it Compare corpus
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Etymology
Origin of tunica
< New Latin, special use of Latin tunica tunic
Example Sentences
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The county administrator of Tunica County, population 10,000, accused Sheriff Calvin Hamp of conspiring to have him arrested in 2014 in retaliation for trying to cut the department’s budget.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2023
“I always say that if Chucalissa was a city, it would be this fusion of Memphis, Tunica, Miss., and Jackson, Miss., all kind of put in a pot and boiled and marinated together,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2022
The fossils dated to the end of the Pleistocene ice age, about 18,000 years ago, and had been found across the region, including in Louisiana's Tunica Hills.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2021
Media outlets report the Fitz Casino in Tunica County reopened Thursday night.
From Washington Times • Mar. 8, 2019
She’s still in that ratty blue nightgown that looks left over from her Tunica County days, the gingham ruffle torn at the neck.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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