tissue
tis.sue \'tish-(.)u:, 'tish-*-w, chiefly Brit 'tis-(.)yu:\ n [ME tissu, a rich fabric, fr. OF, fr. pp. of tistre to weave, fr. L] texere - more at TECHNICAL 1a: a fine lightweight often sheer fabric 1b: an intricate number of things 2: a piece of soft absorbent tissue paper used esp. as a handkerchief or fo r removing cosmetics 3: an aggregate of cells usu. of a particular kind together with their inte rcellular substance that form one of the structural materials of a plant or an animal