Ū've-ā, n.
n. [Lat. uva, grape.] (Anat.) (a.) The choroid coat of the eye. (b.) The posterior layer of the iris;—so called on account of the black and very thick varnish which covers it, and which resembles the skin of a black grape.
n. [Lat. uva, grape.] (Anat.) (a.) The choroid coat of the eye. (b.) The posterior layer of the iris;—so called on account of the black and very thick varnish which covers it, and which resembles the skin of a black grape.