cuticle

cuticle is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.(Bot.) The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found especially in leaves and young stems.
  2. 2.A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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