VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / cutin

Thesaurus: cutin

The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall, makes it waterproof, as in cork.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

materialdefinitionaddeddefinitioncelldefinitioncorkdefinitionsubstancedefinitionwalldefinitionwaterproofdefinitioncuticledefinitionacidsdefinitionbiochemistrydefinitionconsistsdefinitionestersdefinitionfattydefinitionhighlydefinitionoccursdefinitionplantsdefinitionpolymerizeddefinitiontransparentdefinitionwaxydefinitioncutinizationfamilycutinizefamilycutinizedfamilycutinizesfamilycutinizingfamilycutenessesneighborcuterneighborCuterebraneighborCuterebridaeneighbor

Definitions

  1. n. The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall, makes it waterproof, as in cork.
  2. n. (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids
  3. The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall, makes it waterproof, as in cork.
  4. The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall,makes it waterproof, as in cork.
  5. n. (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids