cutin noun. ['kju:tɪn] 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.

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