Cuticular (Adjective)
Meaning
Of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The outer layer of the leaf's surface had a cuticular layer that prevented water from penetrating to the inside of the leaf.
- This specific gene plays a key role in regulating cuticular wax composition on the plant's surface.
- CUT1, an extracellular serine esterase, regulates the maintenance of cuticular structure.
- By treating seeds with the combination of higher light and an added chemical agent the germination capacity under stressful environmental conditions were cuticular promoted.
- Most, but not all, modern day conodont elements were invested in an initial crown cuticular envelope composed of phosphatic organic components that include some small particulates that originate with external bone development in response to and across major gaps