Adjacent Words

Cuticle definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CUTICLE, n. [L., skin, the same as hide, which see.]
1. The scarf-skin; the thin exterior coat of the skin, which rises in a blister; a thin pellucid membrane covering the true skin.
2. The thin external covering of the bark of a plant.
3. A thin skin formed on the surface of liquor.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
2: the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates [syn: epidermis, cuticle]
3: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles [syn: carapace, shell, cuticle, shield]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis skin — more at hide Date: 1615 1. an outer covering layer: as a. an external envelope (as of an insect) secreted usually by epidermal cells b. the outermost layer of animal integument composed of epidermis c. a thin continuous fatty or waxy film on the external surface of many higher plants that consists chiefly of cutin d. the outermost membranous layer of a hair consisting of overlapping scales of epithelial cells 2. dead or horny epidermis • cuticular adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail. b the epidermis or other superficial skin. 2 Bot. a thin surface film on plants. Derivatives: cuticular adj. Etymology: L cuticula, dimin. of cutis skin

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cuticle Cu"ti*cle (k[=u]"t[i^]*k'l), n. [L. cuticula, dim. of cutis skin; akin to E. hide skin of an animal.] 1. (Anat.) The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin. 2. (Bot.) The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found especially in leaves and young stems. 3. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cuticles) Your cuticles are the skin at the base of each of your fingernails. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Epidermis, scarf-skin.

Moby Thesaurus

Leatherette, Leatheroid, coat, dermis, fell, fleece, flesh, fur, furring, hide, imitation fur, imitation leather, integument, jacket, leather, leather paper, outer layer, outer skin, pelt, peltry, rawhide, rind, sheath, skin, skins, tegument, vair