Associations to the word «Tectum»

Wiktionary

TECTUM, noun. (anatomy) The dorsal portion of the midbrain, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
TECTUM, noun. The interconnected outer surface of a spore.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats