Question

What do cuticles do for land plants that was not necessary for ancestors that lived in water

Answer 1

THEY MAKE A THICK WAXY LAYER OVER THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE LEAF OF THE PLANT WHICH PREVENTS TRANSPIRATION OR LOWERS THE RATE OF TRANSPIRATION....
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Answer 2

They keep the water in sort of like boundaries.

The precursors that lived in water did not require fingernail skin since they were in water very nearly every minute of every day.cuticles help land plants save/hold water—or, help forestall exorbitant "water misfortune".cuticles, the external layer or part of a living being that interacts with nature.

In numerous spineless creatures the dead, noncellular fingernail skin is emitted by the epidermis.

This layer may, as in the arthropods, contain shades and chitin; in people the cuticles is the epidermis.