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ocrea

[ ok-ree-uh, oh-kree-uh ]

noun

, Botany, Zoology.
, plural oc·re·ae [ok, -ree-ee, oh, -kree-ee].
  1. a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.


ocrea

/ ˈɒkrɪə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of ochrea
“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 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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