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cutin

cutin noun: a waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle.

Noun

cutin (countable and uncountable, plural cutins)

  1. A waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle.
    • The structure of the enzyme looked very similar to one evolved by many bacteria to break down cutin, a natural polymer used as a protective coating by plants.2018 April 16, Damian Carrington, The Guardian

cutin meaning in Tamil

cutin in Tamil

கியூற்றின், க்யூட்டின், தோலகம்

Forms of cutin

pluralcutins

Origin of cutin

From cut(is) + -in.

Words formed from cutin

Questions about cutin

What does cutin mean?
Cutin means a waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle.
What is cutin in Tamil?
Cutin in Tamil is கியூற்றின், க்யூட்டின், தோலகம். See Cutin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cutin?
Cutin is a noun.
What is the plural of cutin?
The plural of cutin is cutins.

Words near cutin in the dictionary

  1. cutifying
  2. cutigeral
  3. cutikins
  4. Cutillo
  5. Cutillos
  6. cutin
  7. cutinase
  8. cutinases
  9. cutinisation
  10. cutinise
  11. cutinised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cutin (page history and authors); cutin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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