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ocrea

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

noun

Botany, Zoology.
plural ocreae
  1. a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.


ocrea

/ ˈɒ°ì°ùɪə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of ochrea
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ocrea1

1820–30; < Latin: greave, legging
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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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