tunic
A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
Other meanings
Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.
A kind of
- membrane
Related words
- overtunic
- subtunic
- supertunic
- tunicin
- tunicked
- tunicless
- tuniclike
- tunicwise
- undertunic
- serous tunic
- albugineous tunic
- mucous tunic
Word history
From Latin "tunica".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tunic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.