Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a name applied by Frémy to the material composing the hyaline film or cuticle covering the aërial organs of plants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A variety of cellulose, occuring as a fine transparent membrane covering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an essential ingredient of cork; by oxidation it passes to suberic acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry A variety of
cellulose , occurring as a finetransparent membrane covering theaerial organs ofplants , and forming an essential ingredient ofcork .
Etymologies
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Latin cutis skin + -ose.
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He therefore dissolves out the cutose, vasculose, and pectose by a very simple process, obtaining the fiber clean, and free from all extraneous adherent matter, ready for the spinner.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 Various
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