tunica Synonyms
Another word for tunica
• noun (Context 1)
A membranous layer, lining, or enveloping coat of tissue covering an organ or forming the wall of a blood vessel or tubular structure.
"The histologist examined the three distinct layers of the arterial wall, focusing on the elastic fibers of the tunic media."
• noun (Context 2)
In botany, the outer cell layer or layers of the shoot apical meristem in angiosperms, or a dry, papery outer covering around certain bulbs and corms.
"Cells within the botanical tunic divide perpendicular to the surface, enabling the outer epidermis of the growing shoot to expand smoothly."
• noun (Context 3)
In ancient Rome, a simple, knee-length slip-on garment made of wool or linen, worn with or without sleeves by both men and women as a basic tunic or under a toga.
"Roman citizens typically wore a plain wool tunic belted at the waist for everyday labor and domestic life."
• noun (Context 4)
A former botanical genus name (now classified under Petrorhagia) of slender Eurasian herbaceous plants in the pink family Caryophyllaceae, cultivated as rock-garden ornamentals for their wiry stems and delicate, five-petaled pink, lilac, or white blossoms.