English

Alternative forms

• cutinise

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) To change into cutin.
   • 1885, Asa Gray, Physiological botany, volume 2, page 39:

     Sulphuric acid and chromic acid, even when concentrated, produce little effect on cutinized membranes, beyond removing traces of cellulose present in the cell-wall.

   • 1903, Daniel Trembly Macdougal, The influence of light and darkness upon growth and devlopment, volume 2, page 32:

     Leaves normally or experimentally developed as underground scales cutinize both upper and lower surfaces, and diminish the formation of collenchyma, palisade cells and intercellular spaces.

   • 2013, Rudolf Endress, Plant Cell Biotechnology, page 113:

     They may be separated early from the mother tissue by cutinizing their surface.

Related terms

• cutinization

Synonyms

• cuticularize