Tunica

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Tunica may refer to:

  • The Latin word for tunic, a type of clothing typical in the ancient world
  • In animal anatomy, tunica refers to a membranous structure lining a cavity, or covering an organ such as a gland or a blood vessel; types include Tunica albuginea (disambiguation) and Tunica vasculosa (disambiguation)
  • In Botany, tunica refers to a membranous structure such as the spermoderm, or any loose membrane not of epidermis, or the coat of a bulb or corm.[1]
  • Tunica, a flowering plant genus now included in Petrorhagia
  • Tunica people, a Native American group in the Central Mississippi Valley
  • Tunica (language), an isolate of the associated Tunica historic peoples in the Central Mississippi Valley
  • Tunica, Louisiana
  • Tunica, Mississippi
  • Tunica Resorts, Mississippi (site of several casinos)
  • Tunica County, Mississippi

References

  1. ↑ Jackson, Benjamin, Daydon; A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their Derivation and Accent; Published by Gerald Duckworth & Co. London, 4th ed 1928
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