lens cortex

English Thesaurus

1. the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus (noun.body)

hypernym	:	animal tissue,
definition	:	the tissue in the bodies of animals (noun.body)

part meronym	:	crystalline lens, lens, lens of the eye,
definition	:	biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina (noun.body)