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ocreate

American  
[ok-ree-it, -eyt, oh-kree-] / ˈɒk ri ɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈoʊ kri- /

adjective

  1. having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.

ocreate British  
/ ˈɒkrɪɪt, -ˌeɪt /

adjective

  1. botany possessing an ocrea; sheathed

  2. ornithol another word for booted

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Etymology

Origin of ocreate

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

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

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

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