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Complete Definition of "cuticula"

see|cutícula
English

Noun
cuticula

  1. (on shoot, especialy leaves) A layer of cuticular waxes and other long fatty acid chains --> water-repelling surface, protection from uncontrolled transpiration, protection from mechanical and pathogen damage. Plants in extremely cold or extremely warm climates have a particularly thick cuticula.

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Japanese: ����

pl:cuticula
ru:cuticula

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