How to Use "cuticle" with Example Sentences

1. Boric acid works by abrading the roach 's shell or cuticle with its harsh particles .

2. When the trap door shuts , the plant excretes mucilage next to a special cuticle around the door , creating a watertight seal .

3. The pigments form a layer between 0 40 micrometres deep under the insect 's cuticle , putting them in the perfect position to capture the sun 's light .

4. Cuticle is a waxy substance laid down on the leaf surface as it develops , so looking at leaf cuticle is essentially the same as looking at a leaf 's outermost cells - the epidermis .

5. They occur as leaf and fruit compressions with the organic outermost cuticle layer on both sides of the leaves still intact .