6 TermsHome > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Cuticle
Cuticle
An extracellular, protective external body covering, secreted by the epidermis, of some invertebrate animals, usually composed of fibrous material, such as chitin or collagen; the waxy layer of epidermal cells of plant parts, such as leaves, stems, and fruit.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Natural environment
- Category: Coral reefs
- Organization: NOAA
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Sports Category: Auto racing
Gymkhana
Basically this term is used for any kind of activities which test the skills (gymnastic, equestrian, motorbike ...) But this practise is increasing a ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Browers Terms By Category
- Conferences(3667)
- Event planning(177)
- Exhibition(1)
Convention(3845) Terms
- General seafood(50)
- Shellfish(1)
Seafood(51) Terms
- SAT vocabulary(5103)
- Colleges & universities(425)
- Teaching(386)
- General education(351)
- Higher education(285)
- Knowledge(126)
Education(6837) Terms
- Ballroom(285)
- Belly dance(108)
- Cheerleading(101)
- Choreography(79)
- Historical dance(53)
- African-American(50)