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What (who) is tunica - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tunica (disambiguation)
tunica
['tju:n?k?]
¦ noun (plural tunicae -ki:)
1. Anatomy a membranous sheath enveloping or lining an organ.
2. Botany the outer layer of cells at the apex of a growing shoot.
Origin
C17: from L., lit. 'tunic'.
Tunica (biology)
GENERAL TERM FOR A LAYER, SHEATH OR SIMILAR COVERING
Tunicate1
In biology, a tunica (, ; ) is a layer, coat, sheath, or similar covering. The word came to English from the New Latin of science and medicine.
tunic
![20th-century [[Yemenite Jewish]] men dressed in tunics](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abraham b. Abraham Yitzhak Halevi and family.jpg?width=200 "20th-century [[Yemenite Jewish]] men dressed in tunics")
SIMPLE T-SHAPED OR SLEEVELESS GARMENT, USUALLY UNFITTED, OF ARCHAIC ORIGIN
Tunics; Roman tunic
¦ noun
1. a loose sleeveless garment reaching to the thigh or knees.
a gymslip.
2. a close-fitting short coat worn as part of a uniform.
3. Biology & Anatomy an integument or membrane enclosing or lining an organ or participle
Botany any of the concentric layers of a plant bulb, e.g. an onion.
Origin
OE, from OFr. tunique or L. tunica.
Wikipedia
Tunica
Tunica may refer to:
- The Latin word for tunic, a type of clothing typical in the ancient world
Examples of use of tunica
1. They‘re planning to see each other again for the annual Oriskany reunion, held this year in Tunica, Miss., in September.
2. Rivers will be performing her standup act in Tunica, Mississippi, on Saturday and will be touring Australia in April.
3. The wages average maybe $' to $10 an hour," said Clifton Johnson, the chief financial officer for Tunica County.
4. They come back empty–handed." One industry that is succeeding in the Delta is casino gambling, which arrived in Tunica County, near Memphis, in 1''3.
5. Their plan is to use the same facility to clean and process a variety of fresh vegetables and sell them at local markets and to the casinos in Tunica County.