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ocrea
[ ok-ree-uh, oh-kree-uh ]
noun
, Botany, Zoology.
, plural oc·re·ae [ok, -ree-ee, oh, -kree-ee].
- a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
ocrea
/ ˈɒkrɪə /
noun
- a variant spelling of ochrea
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ocrea1
1820–30; < Latin: greave, legging
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Example Sentences
In Grasses, when the sheathing base of the leaf may answer to petiole, the summit of the sheath commonly projects as a thin and short membrane, like an ocrea: this is called a Ligula or Ligule.
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