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Webster 1913 Edition

Cutose

Cu′tose

(kū′tōs)
,
Noun.
[L.
cutis
skin.]
(Chem.)
A variety of cellulose, occuring as a fine transparent membrane covering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an essential ingredient of cork; by oxidation it passes to suberic acid.

Definition 2024

cutose

cutose

English

Noun

cutose ‎(uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) A variety of cellulose, occurring as a fine transparent membrane covering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an essential ingredient of cork.
    Oxidation of cutose yields suberic acid.

Etymology

From Latin cutis ‎(“skin”) + -ose.

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