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Webster 1913 Edition
Cutinize
Cu′tin-ize
(k?′t?n-?z)
, Verb.
T.
& I.
To change into cutin.
Definition 2024
cutinize
cutinize
English
Alternative forms
Verb
cutinize (third-person singular simple present cutinizes, present participle cutinizing, simple past and past participle cutinized)
- (transitive, intransitive) To change into cutin.
- 1903, Daniel Trembly Macdougal, The influence of light and darkness upon growth and devlopment, volume 2, page 32:
- Leaves normally or experimentally developed as underground scales cutinize both upper and lower surfaces, and diminish the formation of collenchyma, palisade cells and intercellular spaces.
Related terms
Synonyms
- cuticularize