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What is the waxy covering of a plant called?
Cuticle
The waxy protective covering of a land plant is called a what?
The waxy protective covering of a land plant is called a cuticle.
Waxy coating that covers the epidermis of a plant?
Cuticle
What a cuticle?
a waxy coating on a plant (apex)
Why is the cuticle waxy?
A plantâ??s cuticle is waxy because it actually is a type of wax that is produced by the plant. The purpose of the cuticle is to keep leaves from drying out.
What does the waxy cuticle help the plants?
The Waxy cuticle in a plant is situated above the upper epidermis. The waxy cuticle provides protection to the epidermis. But the main task of the waxy cuticle is to increase and decrease transpiration of water in a plant accordingly. The cuticle helps in cuticular transpiration of plants and sometimes you can find a shiny cuticle in a plant in order to reflect back the sunlight and prevent transpiration. Having a shiny cuticle is one of the adaptations of a plant to reduce transpiration. These are the 2 main functions of a cuticle.
What is waxy waterproof coating on plants is called?
A cuticle is the waxy material that helps plants retain water.
What makes a leaf on a plant shiny?
It is the waxy cuticle.
The surface of a vascular plant is covered by a waxy waterproof layer called?
The cuticle I think
What is a waxy substance that covers the plant and allows the plant to conserve water?
The cuticle
What waxy outer layer keeps a plant from drying out?
The waxy later that keeps plants from drying out is called the waxy cuticle. Essentially this also acts to keep the plants waterproof. It keeps the plants from getting too much water, and also keeps the water from escaping too fast.
What is the waxy coating on the surfaces of plants?
Waxy layer on outer surface of green plants is called cuticle .This cuticle is actually present in outer cell walls of epidermal cells . The wax present in cuticle is a type of lipid . It is waterproof layer which prevents excessive loss of water by transpiration . It also protects plant from abrasive damage. Wax is chemically a mixture of esters of long chain fatty acids eg cerotic acid , montanic acid , long chain alkanes , alcohols , ketones .
