ochrea

[ ok-ree-uh ]

noun

, plural och·re·ae [ok, -ree-ee].

1. ocrea.

ochrea

/ ˈɒkrɪə /

noun

1. a cup-shaped structure that sheathes the stems of certain plants, formed from united stipules or leaf bases

Word History and Origins

Origin of ochrea¹

C19: from Latin ocrea greave, legging, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

The difficult nature of ochreæ of Polygoneæ is certainly to be acknowledged, but they are similar to those of Costus, and hence not stipulæ, but an extension of the margin of the vaginate petiole, from which veins are prolonged into it; the functions of these are not stomatose, since they are membranous, the veins being the only green parts.

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