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cutinise

cutinise is the alternative form of cutinize.

Meaning of cutinize

Verb

cutinize (third-person singular simple present cutinizes, present participle cutinizing, simple past and past participle cutinized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To change into cutin.
    • Sulphuric acid and chromic acid, even when concentrated, produce little effect on cutinized membranes, beyond removing traces of cellulose present in the cell-wall.1885, Asa Gray, Physiological botany, volume 2, page 39
    Synonyms:
    cuticularize

Forms of cutinise

third-person singular presentcutinises
present participlecutinising
past participlecutinised
pastcutinised

Origin of cutinise

From cutin + -ise.

Questions about cutinise

What is cutinise the alternative form of?
Cutinise is the alternative form of cutinize.

Words near cutinise in the dictionary

  1. Cutillos
  2. cutin
  3. cutinase
  4. cutinases
  5. cutinisation
  6. cutinise
  7. cutinised
  8. cutinises
  9. cutinising
  10. cutinite
  11. cutinites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cutinise (page history and authors); cutinize (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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