tunica

[ too-ni-kuh, tyoo- ]

noun,plural tu·ni·cae

[too-ni-see, tyoo-]. /ˈtu nɪˌsi, ˈtyu-/. Anatomy, Zoology, Botany.

a tunic.

Origin of tunica

<New Latin, special use of Latin tunica tunic

Words Nearby tunica

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How to use tunica in a sentence

For the sake of the omen she put on before going to sleep the tunica rcta, or rgilla, woven in one piece and falling to the feet.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
From them the tunic of the knight was called tunica angust clv (or angusticlvia), and that of the senator lt clv (or lticlvia).
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
Under this official tunic the knight or senator wore usually a plain tunica interior.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
Part of the stroma eventually forms a layer close below the surface, which becomes in the adult the tunica albuginea.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland Balfour
A very slight watery effusion between the Pia Mater and tunica arachnoidea.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses | William Withering

British Dictionary definitions for tunica

tunica

/ (ˈtjuːnɪkə) /

noun

anatomy tissue forming a layer or covering of an organ or part, such as any of the tissue layers of a blood vessel wall
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 (def. 4)

Origin of tunica

C17: from Latin tunica tunic

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