British spelling: third-person singular present tense of cutinise; causes plant tissues to develop cutin coating or undergoes cutin formation.
From cutinise with the third-person singular present tense suffix -es. Standard British scientific verb conjugation.
This word shows how specialized scientific vocabulary maintains British conventions even in international scientific journals—American and British scientists read the same research but literally spell the processes differently!
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