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 Tunica Humane Society said Buddy, a yellow Labrador retriever mix, was discharged from Mississippi State’s veterinary hospital on Tuesday.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022
The debate remained unsettled by the early 1970s, when Louisiana State University graduate students Hazel and Paul Delcourt visited the Tunica Hills.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2021
It’s up in Tunica County, almost to Memphis.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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