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2. Nail art - Wikipedia

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   Many photos show the empress with 6-inch-long gold guards protecting her long nails. [6] A lot of these above did not use nail art as it is widely known today, only stained, dyed, or dusted the fingernails and toenails. [7] The first actual record of nail art was from the short-lived Inca Empire (1438-1533), one of the largest empires in South ...

3. Wound response in plants - Wikipedia

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   The cuticle is a layered structure of waxes and hydrocarbons located on the outer layer of the epidermis which also helps protect the plant from stress. [2] Cuticles can also reflect light, like trichomes, which reduces light intensity and heat.

4. Plant cuticle - Wikipedia

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   A plant cuticle is a protecting film covering the outermost skin layer of leaves, young shoots and other aerial plant organs (aerial here meaning all plant parts not embedded in soil or other substrate) that have no periderm. The film consists of lipid and hydrocarbon polymers infused with wax, and is synthesized exclusively by the epidermal cells.

5. Nail (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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   Together, the eponychium and the cuticle form a protective seal. The cuticle is the semi-circular layer of almost invisible dead skin cells that "ride out on" and cover the back of the visible nail plate. The eponychium is the fold of skin cells that produces the cuticle. They are continuous, and some references view them as one entity.

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   This liquid cuticle remover instantly dissolves dead skin and cuticles without stripping, thinning or damaging your nails; in fact, the formula is designed to do the opposite, moisturizing ...

7. Wax - Wikipedia

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   Plants secrete waxes into and on the surface of their cuticles as a way to control evaporation, wettability and hydration. [3] The epicuticular waxes of plants are mixtures of substituted long-chain aliphatic hydrocarbons, containing alkanes, alkyl esters, fatty acids, primary and secondary alcohols, diols , ketones and aldehydes. [ 2 ]