SUBERIN


Meaning of SUBERIN in English

/sooh ber"in/ , n. Bot.

a waxlike, fatty substance, occurring in cork cell walls and in or between other cells, that on alkaline hydrolysis yields chiefly suberic acid.

[ 1820-30; suber cork + -IN 2 ; cf. F subérine ]

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