| 释义 |
tu·ni·ca
I. \ˈt(y)ünə̇kə\ noun
(plural tuni·cae \-nəˌkē, -ˌkī, -ˌsē\)
Etymology: Latin
1. : an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue
2. [New Latin, from Latin] : the outer of the two growth regions into which the apical meristem is held to be divisible in the tunica-corpus theory
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin (genus name of the coat flower Tunica saxifraga), from Latin, tunic
: coat flower
III. \ˈt(y)ünə̇kə, ̷ ̷ˈnēkə\ noun
(plural tunica or tunicas)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Tunica, the people
1.
a. : an Indian people of the lower Yazoo river valley in Mississippi
b. : a member of such people
2. : the language of the Tunica people |