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ocreate

[ ok-ree-it, -eyt, oh-kree- ]

adjective

  1. having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.


ocreate

/ ˈɒkrɪɪt; -ˌeɪt /

adjective

  1. botany possessing an ocrea; sheathed
  2. ornithol another word for booted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ocreate1

1820–30; < Latin ocreātus greaved, equivalent to ocre ( a ) greave ( ocrea ) + -ātus -ate 1
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Example Sentences

One or more of them lie on the upper part of the bulb, forming the "limb" of the "ocreate" volva.

Ocreate, applied to the volva where it fits the lower part of the stem, as a stocking does the leg.

Changed the last index reference for "Ligule" from 57 to 67; also the reference for "Ocreate."

Ocreate, furnished with Ocre (boots), or stipules in the form of sheaths, 67.

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