CUTIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cutin" is a kind of...):

plant material; plant substance (material derived from plants)

Domain category:

biochemistry (the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry)

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