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Cuticle
Cuticle is a coating secreted from epithelial cells.
Crustacean cuticle is mainly made of chitin and functions as an exoskeleton. Plants have a waxy or fatty cuticle that helps conserve water.
Definitions in the literature
- a waxy or fatty coating on the surfaces of the aboveground epidermal cells of many land plants; aids in the retention of water [1].
- Secreted covering at a body surface. In plants it is waxy and helps conserve water [2].
