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Epicuticular wax is a waxy
coating which covers the
outer surface of the
plant cuticle in land plants. It may form a
whitish film or
bloom on leaves, fruits...
- 3β-hydroxyurs-12-en-28-oic acid), is a
pentacyclic triterpenoid identified in the
epicuticular waxes of
apples as
early as 1920 and
widely found in the
peels of fruits...
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cuticles as a way to
control evaporation,
wettability and hydration. The
epicuticular waxes of
plants are
mixtures of
substituted long-chain
aliphatic hydrocarbons...
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stomata (pores that
intake and
output gases), the
amount and
structure of
epicuticular wax, and
other features.
Leaves are
mostly green in
color due to the...
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stalk can
reach a kilo.
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Epicuticular wax
covering the
cuticle of a leaf of
Hosta sieboldiana makes it hydrophobic. Water,
unable to wet the cuticle,
beads up and runs off, carrying...
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reflect sunlight and
reduce transpiration. An
example is the
white chalky epicuticular wax
coating of
Dudleya brittonii,
which has the
highest ultraviolet light...
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making it
rough and brown. The skin is
covered in a
protective layer of
epicuticular wax. The skin may also be
marked with
scattered dots. The
flesh is generally...
- is
typically dark blue or
purple and
often is
covered with a
glaucous epicuticular wax "bloom" that can be
rubbed off. It is a slip-skin variety, meaning...
- straight-chain
aliphatic 28-carbon
primary fatty alcohol that is
common in the
epicuticular waxes of plants,
including the
leaves of many
species of Eucalyptus,...
