A waxy substance containing fatty acids, soaps, and resinous material which, combined with cellulose, forms a substance nearly impervious to water and constituting the cuticle in plants.
n., a waxy substance which, together with cellulose, forms the outer layer of the skin of many plants.
Cutin is the waxy material secreted by the epidermis that makes up the cuticle on the surface of the epidermis.
KEW-tin A fatty material that a plant's epidermal cells produce that forms a cuticle. 536
An insoluble polymer that, embedded in waxes, forms the cuticle covering the epidermal cell walls in the aerial parts of higher plants. ( 16)
the waxy substance of which a cuticle is composed
( kyoot´-in) - (1) A waxy substance on plant surfaces that tends to make the surface waterproof and can protect leaves from dehydration and disease. (2) A waxy substance on an insect's cuticle that protects the insect from dehydration.
Cutin is one of two waxy polymers, which are the main components of the plant cuticle which covers all aerial surfaces of plants. The other major cuticle polymer is cutan. Cutin consists of hydroxy-fatty acids and their derivatives which are interlinked via ester bonds, forming a polyester polymer of indeterminate size.