cutinize

present singular third person cutinizes · participle present cutinizing · participle past cutinized · past cutinized · alternative cutinise

1. ambitransitiveTo change into cutin.

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

   2013, Rudolf Endress, Plant Cell Biotechnology, page 113

   2 more examples

   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

   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.

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

   Synonyms: cuticularize