Definition of cuticle in English:

cuticle

noun ˈkjuːtɪk(ə)lˈkjudək(ə)l

1The dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail.
（手指或脚趾甲的）角皮
you've been gnawing at your cuticles
Example sentencesExamples
- Creams soften the nails and feet, toenails are trimmed and an oscillating machine tidies up the cuticles and removes dead or hard skin.
- He was attended by physician Ana Maria Lazaric at the hospital, whose examination found nothing abnormal except for a puncture mark in the left ring finger, between the nail and the flesh of the cuticle.
- The manicurist can then gently push the cuticles back with her finger or a towel.
- The cuticle and skin around the nails becomes swollen, red, and sometimes painful.
- If you get any solution on your fingernails or toenails, use alcohol to keep your cuticles from turning orange.
- And as Raechel gently removed the dead cuticle around each nail she talked me through the method of achieving a perfect pedicure at home.
- Whenever I'm stuck in traffic, I file my nails and massage my cuticles with cuticle cream.
- This compact case contains fine-tip cuticle scissors, a cuticle pusher, a stainless-steel nail file and a chrome nail clipper.
- In addition, the cuticle of the fingernails often gets very ragged, overgrown, and irregular.
- Rub cuticle oil into your cuticles and onto your nails for instant shine.
- ‘It's my fingers that worry me,’ she moans, showing me some reddened cuticles.
- She gazed absently at her fingernails, pushing down the cuticles and digging out small pieces of dirt that had become lodged between the nail and skin.
- He was so interested in his cuticles and his fingernails.
- I'll paint my fingers and toes with Times Red Square, a deep crimson varnish by Essie, taking great care to prime my nails with a base coat so that the dark colour won't stain my cuticles.
- Massage petroleum jelly on hands to condition dry skin and cuticles.
- His fingernails and cuticles are bitten and chewed.
- Recent studies show that most germs on the hands reside under the fingernails and cuticles.
- Dab a little cuticle cream/body lotion on each toe and gently push the cuticle to the base of each nail to enable proper nail growth.
- Nail pens are the cheater's way to clean up that raggedy old skin you call cuticles and make your nails look better, too.
- The company, based in Marina Del Rey, Calif., makes Voter Control Ink, a dye that stains fingernails and cuticles for up to 48 hours and helps to prevent voter fraud.
2The outer cellular layer of a hair.
（毛发的）外细胞层
the cuticle is the hair's protective shield
Example sentencesExamples
- When the cuticle is healthy, its scales lie flat, giving hair that smooth, shiny look.
- The Epsom salts close the hair cuticle, making hair stronger, while the bananas soften it.
- The cortex (inner layer) of your hair is protected by the cuticle (outer layer).
- To smooth the hair cuticle and add moisture, she applied a light emollient, Phytologie Phyto 7, prior to blow-drying.
- These add moisture, hydrating the cuticle so the hair is less dry and less likely to split.
- It moisturizes the hair and plumps up the cuticle layer.
- Healthy hair lies flat, but when hair is damaged the individual scales of the cuticles stand up and separate, making strands coarse.
- Natural hair This lightweight noncreamy formula provides a healthy boost of essential vitamins and reconstructive polymers to revitalize dry hair and strengthen cuticles.
- But don't do this everyday because it could damage the hair cuticle.
- SEM micrographs also showed the upper zone of the hair where the cuticle was detached, forming a subcuticular chamber for the secreted material.
- Hair care products are designed in different ways to interact with the cuticle of the hair, which is the outer layer.
- Opaque shampoos have different chemistries and may even affect the cuticle of the hair differently.
- This winner seals the hair cuticle for a shinier finish.
- After 20 minutes under a heat lamp, the concoction causes hair cuticles to close, making tresses soft and shiny, says Kim Vo, co-owner of B2V salon in West Hollywood.
- Each strand of hair is constructed of three components - the cuticle, cortex and medulla.
- Ultraviolet rays can burn the hair's cuticle, or outer layer, leaving it dry and brittle; they also can damage pigment and reduce hair's strength and elasticity.
- Doing the opposite will only cause the hair cuticle to become rough, creating unnecessary frizz.
- The oils will nourish your hair and seal the cuticles.
- The sun's UV-rays can cause permanent damage to the outside covering of the hair the cuticle and it can also penetrate into the centre, the cortex, where it can do all sorts of damage.
- Also, look for finishing creams with emollients and serums that soften the hair cuticle.
3Zoology Botany
A protective and waxy or hard layer covering the epidermis of a plant, invertebrate, or shell.
〔植，动〕（植物、无脊椎动物或贝壳类的）角质层，表皮，角质膜，护膜
count noun the body is covered with a non-living cuticle of chitin
Example sentencesExamples
- The skin or epidermis that surround the stomata secretes a waxy cuticle that inhibits the evaporation of water from the epidermal area of the leaf.
- An insect's body covering, the cuticle, contains fat layers making the cuticle nearly waterproof and preventing water loss.
- For example, chitin gives strength and stiffness to the shells / cuticles of shrimps and insects and to the cell walls of fungi.
- In this study a new experimental technique was used that allowed the measurement of cuticular transpiration of isolated plant cuticles and leaf discs.
- Unfortunately, the relatively small organs of Arabidopsis make the functional analysis of its plant cuticle a difficult task.
- In fruit flies, epidermal cells secrete the cuticle, a protective covering for the organism.
- Oil droplets penetrated or diffused into plants via both stomata and the cuticle of leaves and stems, and then moved within intercellular spaces and into various cells including phloem and xylem.
- The outermost cell layer is the epidermis with a cuticle that covers the entire seed coat.
- The waxy cuticle of this plant epidermis is there to help keep the plant from drying out.
- The abaxial side of leaves, consisting of the lower epidermis and the cuticle, was peeled using tweezers, weighed, and placed in a counting vial.
- Life on plants would be impossible for insects if they had no adhesive pads providing attachment to smooth cuticles of plant leaves and stems.
- Most of the experimental studies were conducted using astomatous isolated cuticles, others used epidermal strips, leaf discs or entire leaves.
- Growing tumours do not regenerate epidermal layers and cuticles.
- What caused it is not known - one of the most plausible suggestions is that it followed shortly after marine animals evolved protective shells and cuticles that allowed them to exploit new ecological niches.
- The plant cuticle forms the outermost layer of leaves and fruits, separating the living cells from the atmosphere.
- Finally, mosses may, like higher plants, also have a waxy cuticle and stomata to help control evaporation.
- Assuming similar size-related differences in residual transpiration as described above, leaf cuticles of smaller plants may be even more efficient barriers for water loss.
- As with any integument, plant cuticle is a functional organ reflecting the response of ultra-structure and chemistry of the plant surface to a variety of environmental pressures.
- More than 100 mean values for water permeabilities determined with isolated leaf and fruit cuticles from 61 plant species are compiled and discussed in relation to plant organ, natural habitat and morphology.
- For instance, if a population of plants in a moist environment is exposed to ever-increasing dryness, only those plants carrying genes for deeper roots and waxier cuticles will survive.
1. 3.1
  another term for epidermis
  Example sentencesExamples
  The chitinous cuticle that covers the infundibulum extends into and covers the inner surface of the acetabulum.
  Most concretions do not split at the rock/cuticle interface but rather split along internal laminations in the cuticle.
  Present knowledge of the transport properties of cuticles is based exclusively on results obtained with astomatous leaf surfaces or astomatous cuticular membranes.
  The compounds can penetrate the insect cuticle as they can human skin.
  When the claw flexor relaxes and/or when the tarsus is pushed away from the body, the arolium is folded back and detaches from the surface by elastic recoil of the cuticle.
  The cuticle laminations lining the counterpart obscure epibionts and reduce the resultant epibiont prevalence in the fossil record.
  First we examined the cuticles of the dead embryos/larvae, looking for an example of lateral spacing defects observed in aos zygotic mutants, but found no obvious abnormalities (data not shown).
  The most obvious feature of a Drosophila larva is the regular segmentation of the larval cuticle along the antero-posterior axis, each segment carrying cuticular structures that define it as, for example, thorax or abdomen.

Derivatives

cuticular

adjective kjuːˈtɪkjʊləkjuˈtɪkjələr

This constitutes the only cuticular sculpture in this region.
Example sentencesExamples
- An efferent cuticular tubule, or duct, leads out of the end of the vesicle towards the center of the secretory lobe.
- There are, however, significant relationships between cuticular water permeance and cuticular transport parameters determined for solutes.
- For lipophilic compounds, it was shown that cuticular waxes form the transport-limiting barrier of cuticular membranes.
- Only in these three groups do the jaw elements have cuticular rods with osmiophilic cores.
- There was some restoration of cuticular structures, including ventral denticles (arrow).
- A portion of plant cuticular waxes is located outside the cuticular matrix and, hence, is exposed on the immediate surface of the plant.
- In the present investigation, the focus was on how cuticular wax composition is correlated with unbiased cuticular water-barrier properties.
- Cuticular matrix isolated from the astomatous cuticular membrane of a H. helix leaf.
- In the past it was shown with isolated Citrus aurantium L. cuticles that cuticular transpiration strongly increased with increasing temperatures.
- Pupae were more susceptible than larvae and the activity of the toxin might have been through cuticular absorption.
- Here, we have used a character unlikely to be subject to such change, the intense cuticular sculpture of tubercles.
- This finding sheds new light on a recent study on cuticular properties of vascular epiphytes.
- The cuticle proper was more osmophilic than the cuticular layer.
- Vegetative features such as wood anatomy and cuticular structure also favor the initial assignment to the genus Ilex.
- On the ventral side of each segment are denticle belts and other cuticular structures characteristic of each segment.
- Savazzi expanded this definition of cuticular terraces to include any cuticular structure that would increase friction with the substrate.
- The dorsal conic spine-like structures could be a homology of cuticular spicules of polyplacophorans and aplacophorans.
- In the three species, the outer cell wall of the colleters has an lamellar layer, a cuticular membrane and cuticle proper.
- A sensory cell with or without cilium is associated with each cuticular spine, seta, and gland cell of the trunk.

Origin

Late 15th century (denoting a membrane of the body): from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis 'skin'.

hide from Old English:
The hide meaning ‘the skin of an animal’ goes back far in prehistory to a root that also developed into Latin cutis ‘skin’ (the source of cuticle (Late Middle English)). A person who is hidebound (mid 16th century) is unable or unwilling to change because of tradition or convention. The word originally referred to physical condition, first of cattle who were so badly fed or so sick that their skin clung close to their back and ribs, and then of emaciated people. The hide meaning ‘to put or keep out of sight’ is also Old English but unrelated. See also bushel. Someone who is on a hiding to nothing is unlikely to succeed, or at least unlikely to gain much advantage if they do. The term apparently arose in the world of horse racing, when a trainer, owner, or jockey was expected to win easily and so could gain no credit from success but would be disgraced by failure. The word is the same as that in a good hiding, and means ‘a beating’—the idea is one of beating the hide or skin off someone. See also hundred

Rhymes

pharmaceutical, therapeutical

Definition of cuticle in US English:

cuticle

nounˈkjudək(ə)lˈkyo͞odək(ə)l

1Botany Zoology
A protective and waxy or hard layer covering the epidermis of a plant, invertebrate, or shell.
〔植，动〕（植物、无脊椎动物或贝壳类的）角质层，表皮，角质膜，护膜
Example sentencesExamples
- More than 100 mean values for water permeabilities determined with isolated leaf and fruit cuticles from 61 plant species are compiled and discussed in relation to plant organ, natural habitat and morphology.
- For example, chitin gives strength and stiffness to the shells / cuticles of shrimps and insects and to the cell walls of fungi.
- An insect's body covering, the cuticle, contains fat layers making the cuticle nearly waterproof and preventing water loss.
- Oil droplets penetrated or diffused into plants via both stomata and the cuticle of leaves and stems, and then moved within intercellular spaces and into various cells including phloem and xylem.
- Life on plants would be impossible for insects if they had no adhesive pads providing attachment to smooth cuticles of plant leaves and stems.
- In this study a new experimental technique was used that allowed the measurement of cuticular transpiration of isolated plant cuticles and leaf discs.
- The waxy cuticle of this plant epidermis is there to help keep the plant from drying out.
- Growing tumours do not regenerate epidermal layers and cuticles.
- Most of the experimental studies were conducted using astomatous isolated cuticles, others used epidermal strips, leaf discs or entire leaves.
- For instance, if a population of plants in a moist environment is exposed to ever-increasing dryness, only those plants carrying genes for deeper roots and waxier cuticles will survive.
- The skin or epidermis that surround the stomata secretes a waxy cuticle that inhibits the evaporation of water from the epidermal area of the leaf.
- Unfortunately, the relatively small organs of Arabidopsis make the functional analysis of its plant cuticle a difficult task.
- The outermost cell layer is the epidermis with a cuticle that covers the entire seed coat.
- The plant cuticle forms the outermost layer of leaves and fruits, separating the living cells from the atmosphere.
- In fruit flies, epidermal cells secrete the cuticle, a protective covering for the organism.
- Assuming similar size-related differences in residual transpiration as described above, leaf cuticles of smaller plants may be even more efficient barriers for water loss.
- What caused it is not known - one of the most plausible suggestions is that it followed shortly after marine animals evolved protective shells and cuticles that allowed them to exploit new ecological niches.
- The abaxial side of leaves, consisting of the lower epidermis and the cuticle, was peeled using tweezers, weighed, and placed in a counting vial.
- As with any integument, plant cuticle is a functional organ reflecting the response of ultra-structure and chemistry of the plant surface to a variety of environmental pressures.
- Finally, mosses may, like higher plants, also have a waxy cuticle and stomata to help control evaporation.
1. 1.1
  another term for epidermis
  Example sentencesExamples
  The cuticle laminations lining the counterpart obscure epibionts and reduce the resultant epibiont prevalence in the fossil record.
  The compounds can penetrate the insect cuticle as they can human skin.
  Present knowledge of the transport properties of cuticles is based exclusively on results obtained with astomatous leaf surfaces or astomatous cuticular membranes.
  The most obvious feature of a Drosophila larva is the regular segmentation of the larval cuticle along the antero-posterior axis, each segment carrying cuticular structures that define it as, for example, thorax or abdomen.
  The chitinous cuticle that covers the infundibulum extends into and covers the inner surface of the acetabulum.
  First we examined the cuticles of the dead embryos/larvae, looking for an example of lateral spacing defects observed in aos zygotic mutants, but found no obvious abnormalities (data not shown).
  When the claw flexor relaxes and/or when the tarsus is pushed away from the body, the arolium is folded back and detaches from the surface by elastic recoil of the cuticle.
  Most concretions do not split at the rock/cuticle interface but rather split along internal laminations in the cuticle.
2The outer cellular layer of a hair.
（毛发的）外细胞层
Example sentencesExamples
- The Epsom salts close the hair cuticle, making hair stronger, while the bananas soften it.
- Hair care products are designed in different ways to interact with the cuticle of the hair, which is the outer layer.
- It moisturizes the hair and plumps up the cuticle layer.
- This winner seals the hair cuticle for a shinier finish.
- Each strand of hair is constructed of three components - the cuticle, cortex and medulla.
- The cortex (inner layer) of your hair is protected by the cuticle (outer layer).
- Also, look for finishing creams with emollients and serums that soften the hair cuticle.
- Ultraviolet rays can burn the hair's cuticle, or outer layer, leaving it dry and brittle; they also can damage pigment and reduce hair's strength and elasticity.
- But don't do this everyday because it could damage the hair cuticle.
- The sun's UV-rays can cause permanent damage to the outside covering of the hair the cuticle and it can also penetrate into the centre, the cortex, where it can do all sorts of damage.
- Natural hair This lightweight noncreamy formula provides a healthy boost of essential vitamins and reconstructive polymers to revitalize dry hair and strengthen cuticles.
- These add moisture, hydrating the cuticle so the hair is less dry and less likely to split.
- After 20 minutes under a heat lamp, the concoction causes hair cuticles to close, making tresses soft and shiny, says Kim Vo, co-owner of B2V salon in West Hollywood.
- Healthy hair lies flat, but when hair is damaged the individual scales of the cuticles stand up and separate, making strands coarse.
- To smooth the hair cuticle and add moisture, she applied a light emollient, Phytologie Phyto 7, prior to blow-drying.
- Doing the opposite will only cause the hair cuticle to become rough, creating unnecessary frizz.
- Opaque shampoos have different chemistries and may even affect the cuticle of the hair differently.
- When the cuticle is healthy, its scales lie flat, giving hair that smooth, shiny look.
- The oils will nourish your hair and seal the cuticles.
- SEM micrographs also showed the upper zone of the hair where the cuticle was detached, forming a subcuticular chamber for the secreted material.
3The dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail.
（手指或脚趾甲的）角皮
Example sentencesExamples
- If you get any solution on your fingernails or toenails, use alcohol to keep your cuticles from turning orange.
- Dab a little cuticle cream/body lotion on each toe and gently push the cuticle to the base of each nail to enable proper nail growth.
- She gazed absently at her fingernails, pushing down the cuticles and digging out small pieces of dirt that had become lodged between the nail and skin.
- He was so interested in his cuticles and his fingernails.
- The company, based in Marina Del Rey, Calif., makes Voter Control Ink, a dye that stains fingernails and cuticles for up to 48 hours and helps to prevent voter fraud.
- Whenever I'm stuck in traffic, I file my nails and massage my cuticles with cuticle cream.
- I'll paint my fingers and toes with Times Red Square, a deep crimson varnish by Essie, taking great care to prime my nails with a base coat so that the dark colour won't stain my cuticles.
- And as Raechel gently removed the dead cuticle around each nail she talked me through the method of achieving a perfect pedicure at home.
- He was attended by physician Ana Maria Lazaric at the hospital, whose examination found nothing abnormal except for a puncture mark in the left ring finger, between the nail and the flesh of the cuticle.
- Nail pens are the cheater's way to clean up that raggedy old skin you call cuticles and make your nails look better, too.
- Massage petroleum jelly on hands to condition dry skin and cuticles.
- The manicurist can then gently push the cuticles back with her finger or a towel.
- His fingernails and cuticles are bitten and chewed.
- Rub cuticle oil into your cuticles and onto your nails for instant shine.
- In addition, the cuticle of the fingernails often gets very ragged, overgrown, and irregular.
- Recent studies show that most germs on the hands reside under the fingernails and cuticles.
- ‘It's my fingers that worry me,’ she moans, showing me some reddened cuticles.
- Creams soften the nails and feet, toenails are trimmed and an oscillating machine tidies up the cuticles and removes dead or hard skin.
- The cuticle and skin around the nails becomes swollen, red, and sometimes painful.
- This compact case contains fine-tip cuticle scissors, a cuticle pusher, a stainless-steel nail file and a chrome nail clipper.

Origin

Late 15th century (denoting a membrane of the body): from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis ‘skin’.

词汇	cuticle
释义	Definition of cuticle in English: cuticle noun ˈkjuːtɪk(ə)lˈkjudək(ə)l 1The dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail. （手指或脚趾甲的）角皮 you've been gnawing at your cuticles Example sentencesExamples Creams soften the nails and feet, toenails are trimmed and an oscillating machine tidies up the cuticles and removes dead or hard skin. He was attended by physician Ana Maria Lazaric at the hospital, whose examination found nothing abnormal except for a puncture mark in the left ring finger, between the nail and the flesh of the cuticle. The manicurist can then gently push the cuticles back with her finger or a towel. The cuticle and skin around the nails becomes swollen, red, and sometimes painful. If you get any solution on your fingernails or toenails, use alcohol to keep your cuticles from turning orange. And as Raechel gently removed the dead cuticle around each nail she talked me through the method of achieving a perfect pedicure at home. Whenever I'm stuck in traffic, I file my nails and massage my cuticles with cuticle cream. This compact case contains fine-tip cuticle scissors, a cuticle pusher, a stainless-steel nail file and a chrome nail clipper. In addition, the cuticle of the fingernails often gets very ragged, overgrown, and irregular. Rub cuticle oil into your cuticles and onto your nails for instant shine. ‘It's my fingers that worry me,’ she moans, showing me some reddened cuticles. She gazed absently at her fingernails, pushing down the cuticles and digging out small pieces of dirt that had become lodged between the nail and skin. He was so interested in his cuticles and his fingernails. I'll paint my fingers and toes with Times Red Square, a deep crimson varnish by Essie, taking great care to prime my nails with a base coat so that the dark colour won't stain my cuticles. Massage petroleum jelly on hands to condition dry skin and cuticles. His fingernails and cuticles are bitten and chewed. Recent studies show that most germs on the hands reside under the fingernails and cuticles. Dab a little cuticle cream/body lotion on each toe and gently push the cuticle to the base of each nail to enable proper nail growth. Nail pens are the cheater's way to clean up that raggedy old skin you call cuticles and make your nails look better, too. The company, based in Marina Del Rey, Calif., makes Voter Control Ink, a dye that stains fingernails and cuticles for up to 48 hours and helps to prevent voter fraud. 2The outer cellular layer of a hair. （毛发的）外细胞层 the cuticle is the hair's protective shield Example sentencesExamples When the cuticle is healthy, its scales lie flat, giving hair that smooth, shiny look. The Epsom salts close the hair cuticle, making hair stronger, while the bananas soften it. The cortex (inner layer) of your hair is protected by the cuticle (outer layer). To smooth the hair cuticle and add moisture, she applied a light emollient, Phytologie Phyto 7, prior to blow-drying. These add moisture, hydrating the cuticle so the hair is less dry and less likely to split. It moisturizes the hair and plumps up the cuticle layer. Healthy hair lies flat, but when hair is damaged the individual scales of the cuticles stand up and separate, making strands coarse. Natural hair This lightweight noncreamy formula provides a healthy boost of essential vitamins and reconstructive polymers to revitalize dry hair and strengthen cuticles. But don't do this everyday because it could damage the hair cuticle. SEM micrographs also showed the upper zone of the hair where the cuticle was detached, forming a subcuticular chamber for the secreted material. Hair care products are designed in different ways to interact with the cuticle of the hair, which is the outer layer. Opaque shampoos have different chemistries and may even affect the cuticle of the hair differently. This winner seals the hair cuticle for a shinier finish. After 20 minutes under a heat lamp, the concoction causes hair cuticles to close, making tresses soft and shiny, says Kim Vo, co-owner of B2V salon in West Hollywood. Each strand of hair is constructed of three components - the cuticle, cortex and medulla. Ultraviolet rays can burn the hair's cuticle, or outer layer, leaving it dry and brittle; they also can damage pigment and reduce hair's strength and elasticity. Doing the opposite will only cause the hair cuticle to become rough, creating unnecessary frizz. The oils will nourish your hair and seal the cuticles. The sun's UV-rays can cause permanent damage to the outside covering of the hair the cuticle and it can also penetrate into the centre, the cortex, where it can do all sorts of damage. Also, look for finishing creams with emollients and serums that soften the hair cuticle. 3Zoology Botany A protective and waxy or hard layer covering the epidermis of a plant, invertebrate, or shell. 〔植，动〕（植物、无脊椎动物或贝壳类的）角质层，表皮，角质膜，护膜 count noun the body is covered with a non-living cuticle of chitin Example sentencesExamples The skin or epidermis that surround the stomata secretes a waxy cuticle that inhibits the evaporation of water from the epidermal area of the leaf. An insect's body covering, the cuticle, contains fat layers making the cuticle nearly waterproof and preventing water loss. For example, chitin gives strength and stiffness to the shells / cuticles of shrimps and insects and to the cell walls of fungi. In this study a new experimental technique was used that allowed the measurement of cuticular transpiration of isolated plant cuticles and leaf discs. Unfortunately, the relatively small organs of Arabidopsis make the functional analysis of its plant cuticle a difficult task. In fruit flies, epidermal cells secrete the cuticle, a protective covering for the organism. Oil droplets penetrated or diffused into plants via both stomata and the cuticle of leaves and stems, and then moved within intercellular spaces and into various cells including phloem and xylem. The outermost cell layer is the epidermis with a cuticle that covers the entire seed coat. The waxy cuticle of this plant epidermis is there to help keep the plant from drying out. The abaxial side of leaves, consisting of the lower epidermis and the cuticle, was peeled using tweezers, weighed, and placed in a counting vial. Life on plants would be impossible for insects if they had no adhesive pads providing attachment to smooth cuticles of plant leaves and stems. Most of the experimental studies were conducted using astomatous isolated cuticles, others used epidermal strips, leaf discs or entire leaves. Growing tumours do not regenerate epidermal layers and cuticles. What caused it is not known - one of the most plausible suggestions is that it followed shortly after marine animals evolved protective shells and cuticles that allowed them to exploit new ecological niches. The plant cuticle forms the outermost layer of leaves and fruits, separating the living cells from the atmosphere. Finally, mosses may, like higher plants, also have a waxy cuticle and stomata to help control evaporation. Assuming similar size-related differences in residual transpiration as described above, leaf cuticles of smaller plants may be even more efficient barriers for water loss. As with any integument, plant cuticle is a functional organ reflecting the response of ultra-structure and chemistry of the plant surface to a variety of environmental pressures. More than 100 mean values for water permeabilities determined with isolated leaf and fruit cuticles from 61 plant species are compiled and discussed in relation to plant organ, natural habitat and morphology. For instance, if a population of plants in a moist environment is exposed to ever-increasing dryness, only those plants carrying genes for deeper roots and waxier cuticles will survive. 3.1 another term for epidermis Example sentencesExamples The chitinous cuticle that covers the infundibulum extends into and covers the inner surface of the acetabulum. Most concretions do not split at the rock/cuticle interface but rather split along internal laminations in the cuticle. Present knowledge of the transport properties of cuticles is based exclusively on results obtained with astomatous leaf surfaces or astomatous cuticular membranes. The compounds can penetrate the insect cuticle as they can human skin. When the claw flexor relaxes and/or when the tarsus is pushed away from the body, the arolium is folded back and detaches from the surface by elastic recoil of the cuticle. The cuticle laminations lining the counterpart obscure epibionts and reduce the resultant epibiont prevalence in the fossil record. First we examined the cuticles of the dead embryos/larvae, looking for an example of lateral spacing defects observed in aos zygotic mutants, but found no obvious abnormalities (data not shown). The most obvious feature of a Drosophila larva is the regular segmentation of the larval cuticle along the antero-posterior axis, each segment carrying cuticular structures that define it as, for example, thorax or abdomen. Derivatives cuticular adjective kjuːˈtɪkjʊləkjuˈtɪkjələr This constitutes the only cuticular sculpture in this region. Example sentencesExamples An efferent cuticular tubule, or duct, leads out of the end of the vesicle towards the center of the secretory lobe. There are, however, significant relationships between cuticular water permeance and cuticular transport parameters determined for solutes. For lipophilic compounds, it was shown that cuticular waxes form the transport-limiting barrier of cuticular membranes. Only in these three groups do the jaw elements have cuticular rods with osmiophilic cores. There was some restoration of cuticular structures, including ventral denticles (arrow). A portion of plant cuticular waxes is located outside the cuticular matrix and, hence, is exposed on the immediate surface of the plant. In the present investigation, the focus was on how cuticular wax composition is correlated with unbiased cuticular water-barrier properties. Cuticular matrix isolated from the astomatous cuticular membrane of a H. helix leaf. In the past it was shown with isolated Citrus aurantium L. cuticles that cuticular transpiration strongly increased with increasing temperatures. Pupae were more susceptible than larvae and the activity of the toxin might have been through cuticular absorption. Here, we have used a character unlikely to be subject to such change, the intense cuticular sculpture of tubercles. This finding sheds new light on a recent study on cuticular properties of vascular epiphytes. The cuticle proper was more osmophilic than the cuticular layer. Vegetative features such as wood anatomy and cuticular structure also favor the initial assignment to the genus Ilex. On the ventral side of each segment are denticle belts and other cuticular structures characteristic of each segment. Savazzi expanded this definition of cuticular terraces to include any cuticular structure that would increase friction with the substrate. The dorsal conic spine-like structures could be a homology of cuticular spicules of polyplacophorans and aplacophorans. In the three species, the outer cell wall of the colleters has an lamellar layer, a cuticular membrane and cuticle proper. A sensory cell with or without cilium is associated with each cuticular spine, seta, and gland cell of the trunk. Origin Late 15th century (denoting a membrane of the body): from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis 'skin'. hide from Old English: The hide meaning ‘the skin of an animal’ goes back far in prehistory to a root that also developed into Latin cutis ‘skin’ (the source of cuticle (Late Middle English)). A person who is hidebound (mid 16th century) is unable or unwilling to change because of tradition or convention. The word originally referred to physical condition, first of cattle who were so badly fed or so sick that their skin clung close to their back and ribs, and then of emaciated people. The hide meaning ‘to put or keep out of sight’ is also Old English but unrelated. See also bushel. Someone who is on a hiding to nothing is unlikely to succeed, or at least unlikely to gain much advantage if they do. The term apparently arose in the world of horse racing, when a trainer, owner, or jockey was expected to win easily and so could gain no credit from success but would be disgraced by failure. The word is the same as that in a good hiding, and means ‘a beating’—the idea is one of beating the hide or skin off someone. See also hundred Rhymes pharmaceutical, therapeutical Definition of cuticle in US English: cuticle nounˈkjudək(ə)lˈkyo͞odək(ə)l 1Botany Zoology A protective and waxy or hard layer covering the epidermis of a plant, invertebrate, or shell. 〔植，动〕（植物、无脊椎动物或贝壳类的）角质层，表皮，角质膜，护膜 Example sentencesExamples More than 100 mean values for water permeabilities determined with isolated leaf and fruit cuticles from 61 plant species are compiled and discussed in relation to plant organ, natural habitat and morphology. For example, chitin gives strength and stiffness to the shells / cuticles of shrimps and insects and to the cell walls of fungi. An insect's body covering, the cuticle, contains fat layers making the cuticle nearly waterproof and preventing water loss. Oil droplets penetrated or diffused into plants via both stomata and the cuticle of leaves and stems, and then moved within intercellular spaces and into various cells including phloem and xylem. Life on plants would be impossible for insects if they had no adhesive pads providing attachment to smooth cuticles of plant leaves and stems. In this study a new experimental technique was used that allowed the measurement of cuticular transpiration of isolated plant cuticles and leaf discs. The waxy cuticle of this plant epidermis is there to help keep the plant from drying out. Growing tumours do not regenerate epidermal layers and cuticles. Most of the experimental studies were conducted using astomatous isolated cuticles, others used epidermal strips, leaf discs or entire leaves. For instance, if a population of plants in a moist environment is exposed to ever-increasing dryness, only those plants carrying genes for deeper roots and waxier cuticles will survive. The skin or epidermis that surround the stomata secretes a waxy cuticle that inhibits the evaporation of water from the epidermal area of the leaf. Unfortunately, the relatively small organs of Arabidopsis make the functional analysis of its plant cuticle a difficult task. The outermost cell layer is the epidermis with a cuticle that covers the entire seed coat. The plant cuticle forms the outermost layer of leaves and fruits, separating the living cells from the atmosphere. In fruit flies, epidermal cells secrete the cuticle, a protective covering for the organism. Assuming similar size-related differences in residual transpiration as described above, leaf cuticles of smaller plants may be even more efficient barriers for water loss. What caused it is not known - one of the most plausible suggestions is that it followed shortly after marine animals evolved protective shells and cuticles that allowed them to exploit new ecological niches. The abaxial side of leaves, consisting of the lower epidermis and the cuticle, was peeled using tweezers, weighed, and placed in a counting vial. As with any integument, plant cuticle is a functional organ reflecting the response of ultra-structure and chemistry of the plant surface to a variety of environmental pressures. Finally, mosses may, like higher plants, also have a waxy cuticle and stomata to help control evaporation. 1.1 another term for epidermis Example sentencesExamples The cuticle laminations lining the counterpart obscure epibionts and reduce the resultant epibiont prevalence in the fossil record. The compounds can penetrate the insect cuticle as they can human skin. Present knowledge of the transport properties of cuticles is based exclusively on results obtained with astomatous leaf surfaces or astomatous cuticular membranes. The most obvious feature of a Drosophila larva is the regular segmentation of the larval cuticle along the antero-posterior axis, each segment carrying cuticular structures that define it as, for example, thorax or abdomen. The chitinous cuticle that covers the infundibulum extends into and covers the inner surface of the acetabulum. First we examined the cuticles of the dead embryos/larvae, looking for an example of lateral spacing defects observed in aos zygotic mutants, but found no obvious abnormalities (data not shown). When the claw flexor relaxes and/or when the tarsus is pushed away from the body, the arolium is folded back and detaches from the surface by elastic recoil of the cuticle. Most concretions do not split at the rock/cuticle interface but rather split along internal laminations in the cuticle. 2The outer cellular layer of a hair. （毛发的）外细胞层 Example sentencesExamples The Epsom salts close the hair cuticle, making hair stronger, while the bananas soften it. Hair care products are designed in different ways to interact with the cuticle of the hair, which is the outer layer. It moisturizes the hair and plumps up the cuticle layer. This winner seals the hair cuticle for a shinier finish. Each strand of hair is constructed of three components - the cuticle, cortex and medulla. The cortex (inner layer) of your hair is protected by the cuticle (outer layer). Also, look for finishing creams with emollients and serums that soften the hair cuticle. Ultraviolet rays can burn the hair's cuticle, or outer layer, leaving it dry and brittle; they also can damage pigment and reduce hair's strength and elasticity. But don't do this everyday because it could damage the hair cuticle. The sun's UV-rays can cause permanent damage to the outside covering of the hair the cuticle and it can also penetrate into the centre, the cortex, where it can do all sorts of damage. Natural hair This lightweight noncreamy formula provides a healthy boost of essential vitamins and reconstructive polymers to revitalize dry hair and strengthen cuticles. These add moisture, hydrating the cuticle so the hair is less dry and less likely to split. After 20 minutes under a heat lamp, the concoction causes hair cuticles to close, making tresses soft and shiny, says Kim Vo, co-owner of B2V salon in West Hollywood. Healthy hair lies flat, but when hair is damaged the individual scales of the cuticles stand up and separate, making strands coarse. To smooth the hair cuticle and add moisture, she applied a light emollient, Phytologie Phyto 7, prior to blow-drying. Doing the opposite will only cause the hair cuticle to become rough, creating unnecessary frizz. Opaque shampoos have different chemistries and may even affect the cuticle of the hair differently. When the cuticle is healthy, its scales lie flat, giving hair that smooth, shiny look. The oils will nourish your hair and seal the cuticles. SEM micrographs also showed the upper zone of the hair where the cuticle was detached, forming a subcuticular chamber for the secreted material. 3The dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail. （手指或脚趾甲的）角皮 Example sentencesExamples If you get any solution on your fingernails or toenails, use alcohol to keep your cuticles from turning orange. Dab a little cuticle cream/body lotion on each toe and gently push the cuticle to the base of each nail to enable proper nail growth. She gazed absently at her fingernails, pushing down the cuticles and digging out small pieces of dirt that had become lodged between the nail and skin. He was so interested in his cuticles and his fingernails. The company, based in Marina Del Rey, Calif., makes Voter Control Ink, a dye that stains fingernails and cuticles for up to 48 hours and helps to prevent voter fraud. Whenever I'm stuck in traffic, I file my nails and massage my cuticles with cuticle cream. I'll paint my fingers and toes with Times Red Square, a deep crimson varnish by Essie, taking great care to prime my nails with a base coat so that the dark colour won't stain my cuticles. And as Raechel gently removed the dead cuticle around each nail she talked me through the method of achieving a perfect pedicure at home. He was attended by physician Ana Maria Lazaric at the hospital, whose examination found nothing abnormal except for a puncture mark in the left ring finger, between the nail and the flesh of the cuticle. Nail pens are the cheater's way to clean up that raggedy old skin you call cuticles and make your nails look better, too. Massage petroleum jelly on hands to condition dry skin and cuticles. The manicurist can then gently push the cuticles back with her finger or a towel. His fingernails and cuticles are bitten and chewed. Rub cuticle oil into your cuticles and onto your nails for instant shine. In addition, the cuticle of the fingernails often gets very ragged, overgrown, and irregular. Recent studies show that most germs on the hands reside under the fingernails and cuticles. ‘It's my fingers that worry me,’ she moans, showing me some reddened cuticles. Creams soften the nails and feet, toenails are trimmed and an oscillating machine tidies up the cuticles and removes dead or hard skin. The cuticle and skin around the nails becomes swollen, red, and sometimes painful. This compact case contains fine-tip cuticle scissors, a cuticle pusher, a stainless-steel nail file and a chrome nail clipper. Origin Late 15th century (denoting a membrane of the body): from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis ‘skin’.
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