Please note the term Cuticle is used interchangeably between human Anatomy to describe the area above the finger or toe nail, it is also used in Botany to describe the waxy covering of a leaf or thickened skin of fruit; additionally the term is used in Entomology to describe the covering of insects
This answer refers to the Botanical reference of Cuticle; refer to the related question "What is a cuticle" for the Anatomical definition.
Plant cuticles are a protective waxy covering produced only by the epidermal cells of leaves, young shoots and all other aerial plant organs without periderm. The cuticle tends to be thicker on the top of the leaf, but is not always thicker in xerophytic plants living in dry climates than in mesophytic plants from wetter climates, despite a persistent myth to that effect.
Plant cuticles are primarily made of waxes.
Cuticle in plants is the outermost layer on the outer tangential walls of epidermal cells. It is made up of complex carbohydrates. It protects the cell from external microbes etc.
A waxy covering of the plant that helps the plant retard moister loss.
Cuticle
The waxy protective covering of a land plant is called a cuticle.
No, the upper epidermis is covered by a cuticle.
The protective cuticle of a plant comes from the epidermal cells on the plant's leaves. It is a waxy substance that prevents water and other particles from entering the leaves.
retention of water
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normally the plant or leaf gets sunburnt and dies, this happens if a plant is sprayed (or the leaves are sprayed) with detergent as this breaks down the cuticle
The cuticle I think
The waxy protective covering of a land plant is called a cuticle.
No, the upper epidermis is covered by a cuticle.
cuticle
The protective cuticle of a plant comes from the epidermal cells on the plant's leaves. It is a waxy substance that prevents water and other particles from entering the leaves.
retention of water
a waxy coating on a plant (apex)
cuticle