Sentence examples for thick cuticle from inspiring English sources
The leaves of many gymnosperms have a thick cuticle and stomata below the leaf surface.
They are enclosed in a thick cuticle that allows bending but prevents swelling.
The simple or sometimes much-divided leaves are usually alternately arranged and are often densely covered with hairs or have a thick cuticle, and the stomata in some species are restricted to deep pits with occluded entrances.
Moreover, this phenomenon could also be associated with the hardening phenomenon resulting from the vernalization process; a relatively thick cuticle observed on the micrographs probably limited the enlargement of the palisade layer.
These actions continue until the leaves develop other types of protection against desiccation, such as forming a thick cuticle.
We expected to see thick cuticles and a multiseriate epidermis on the leaf surface because those adaptations minimize transpiration rates.
The dermal tissues in the banana stem consist of well-defined epidermis with radial oblong, wide cells with thick cuticles [28].
On the basis of its thick cuticles, few adaxial stomata, sunken stomata, and dense trichomes, it has been inferred to be a xeromorphic plant.
Changes in morphology and physiology that help plants adapt to limestone environments include small, thick leaves, well developed palisade tissue, thick cuticles, and sunken stomata (Rong et al. 2005).
Sclerophyllous species are adapted to low water availability during summer by means of small, leathery and dark leaves covered with thick cuticles and small, thick-walled cells [15].
