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CUTIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids
Classified under:
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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