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tunica

American  
[too-ni-kuh, tyoo-] / ˈtu nɪ kə, ˈtyu- /

noun

Anatomy, Zoology, Botany.

plural

tunicae

  1. a tunic.

tunica British  
/ ˈtjuːnɪkə /

noun

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

  2. 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

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