Question

What is cutin? (what is cuticle)?​

Answer 1

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Cutin and waxes are fatty substances deposited in the walls of epidermal cells, forming a waterproof outer layer called the cuticle. ... …secrete a waxy substance (cutin) that forms a cuticle impermeable to water.

Answer 2

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As nouns the difference between cuticle and cutin

is that cuticle is the outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis while cutin is (biochemistry) a waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle.