To form, develop, or cause to develop a cuticle or cuticular layer.
From 'cuticular' + '-ize' (to make or become verb suffix). Modern formation following English patterns for creating verbs from adjectives.
In botany, when tissues 'cuticularize,' they're essentially hardening their outer surface—it's the plant equivalent of developing tougher skin.
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