See Also: cutin(medicine)
cutin(dictionary)

cutin (iou)



cutin noun. M19.
[from CUTIS + -IN1.]
Botany. A hydrophobic substance in the cuticle of plants, consisting of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids.
cutini'zation noun the process or result of cutinizing L19.
cutinize verb trans. change into cutin, impregnate with cutin L19.