ˈkyüt ə n noun
( -s )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cut- + -in; originally formed as French cutine
: the insoluble water-impermeable complex aggregate of waxes, fatty acids, soaps, higher alcohols, and resinous material that is found as a continuous external lamella on the outer wall of the epidermis in leaf and stem of plants — compare cuticle , suberin