cuticle

n.

1. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; epidermis.
2. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
3. Dead or cornified epidermis.
4. Zoology. The noncellular, hardened or membranous protective covering of many invertebrates, such as the transparent membrane that covers annelids.
5. Botany. The layer of cutin covering the epidermis of the aerial parts of plants.

[Latin cutīcula, diminutive of cutis, skin.]

cuticular cu·tic'u·lar (-tĭk'yə-lər) adj.

n

The outer layer of the skin. Also, a layer that covers the free surface of an epithelial cell.

1. a layer of more or less solid substance covering the free surface of an epithelial cell.
2. the narrow band of epidermis extending from the wall of the nail or claw, onto the surface; called also eponychium.
3. the layer of cells on the surface of a hair shaft or wool fiber. In wool it is the projection of the edge of cuticular plates that gives the fiber its unique felting property.
4. an extremely thin, transparent, proteinaceous covering over the eggshell of bird's eggs. It may contain pigment and is permeable to gases.

• c. of koilin — a tough membrane, usually greenish, and a carbohydrate–protein complex, produced by the solidification of the secretion of the tubular glands in the gizzard mucosa of birds; the cuticle protects the mucosa during its crushing operations.

The waxy surface that reduces water loss from a leaf, evident on, for example, the leaves of rhododendrons and laurels.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - neglebånd, overhud

Nederlands (Dutch)
nagelriem, opperhuid

Français (French)
n. - cuticule

Deutsch (German)
n. - Epidermis, Nagelhaut

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυσιολ.) επιδερμίδα, νεκρό δέρμα (κν. πετσάκι)

Italiano (Italian)
cuticola

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cutícula (f)

Русский (Russian)
кутикула

Español (Spanish)
n. - cutícula

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ytterhud, hinna, nagelband

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
表皮

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 表皮

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 표피, 각피

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 表皮, あま皮

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جلد صلب في منبت الظفر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עור קרני (בציפורן)‬

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