intercuticular wax
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025389
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: クチクラ層間ワックス (Japanese)
- exact: cera intercuticular (Spanish)
- Definition
- A portion of cuticular wax (PO:0025386) that is an amorphous mixture of lipids embedded in the cutin (PO:0025385) of a plant cuticle proper (PO:0025387). [source: PMID:12467640, POC:Laurel_Cooper, PO_Ref:00010]
- Comment
- The intercuticular wax is located adjacent to the cell wall.
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