[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tissue \tis"sue\, n. f. tissu, fr. tissu, p. p. of tisser,
   tistre, to weave, fr. l. texere. see text.
   1. a woven fabric.
      1913 webster

   2. a fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.;
      specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver
      threads, or embossed with figures.
      1913 webster

            a robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire. --dryden.
      1913 webster

            in their glittering tissues bear emblazed
            holy memorials.                       --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. biol. one of the elementary materials or fibres, having
      a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which
      ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as,
      epithelial tissue; connective tissue.
      1913 webster

   note: the term tissue is also often applied in a wider sense
         to all the materials or elementary tissues, differing
         in structure and function, which go to make up an
         organ; as, vascular tissue, tegumentary tissue, etc.
         1913 webster

   4. fig.: web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected
      series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood.
      1913 webster

            unwilling to leave the dry bones of agnosticism
            wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious
            emotion.                              --a. j.
                                                  balfour.
      1913 webster

   tissue paper, very thin, gauzelike paper, used for
      protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate
      articles, etc.
      1913 webster
see also:
text tissue paper 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tissue \tis"sue\, v. t. imp.  p. p. tissued; p. pr.  vb. n.
   tissuing.
   to form tissue of; to interweave.
   1913 webster

         covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue. --bacon.
   1913 webster
see also:
tissued tissuing 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tissue
     n 1: a part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells
          having a similar structure and function
     2: a soft thin usually translucent paper syn: tissue paper
     v : create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric,
         such as wool or cotton; "tissue textiles" syn: weave
see also:
tissue paper weave 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

157 moby thesaurus words for "tissue":
   accumulation, all that lives, anatomy, arabesque, architectonics,
   architecture, arrangement, basketry, basketwork, biosphere, biota,
   braiding, brawn, build, building, cancellation, chain, cloth,
   combination, composition, concatenation, conformation,
   conglomeration, constitution, construction, creation,
   cross-hatching, crossing-out, drapery, ecosphere, enlacement,
   entwinement, entwining, etoffe, fabric, fabrication, fashion,
   fashioning, felt, fiber, filigree, flesh, flora and fauna, forging,
   form, format, formation, frame, fret, fretwork, getup, goods,
   grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure,
   hatching, interknitting, interlacement, interlacery, interlacing,
   intertexture, interthreading, intertieing, intertwinement,
   intertwining, intertwisting, interweavement, interweaving,
   knitting, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework,
   living matter, living nature, make, makeup, making, manufacture,
   mass, material, mesh, meshes, meshwork, mold, molding, napery, net,
   netting, network, noosphere, organic matter, organic nature,
   organic structure, organism, organization, organized matter, pack,
   pattern, patterning, physique, pile, plaiting, plan, plasm,
   plexure, plexus, production, raddle, rag, reticle, reticulation,
   reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, series, setup,
   shape, shaping, sieve, silk, structure, structuring, stuff,
   tectonics, textile, textile fabric, texture, tissu, tracery,
   trellis, trelliswork, twining, twisting, warp and woof, warpage,
   wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, weftage,
   wicker, wickerwork, woof, wool, wreathing

Tissue >> T Words
Tissue, definition of term: Tissue
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Vascular Tissue >> V Words
Vascular Tissue, definition of term: Vascular Tissue
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Fatty Tissue >> F Words
Fatty Tissue, definition of term: Fatty Tissue
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Erectile Tissue >> E Words
Erectile Tissue, definition of term: Erectile Tissue
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