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ocreate

[ ok-ree-it, -eyt, oh-kree- ]

adjective

  1. having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.


ocreate

/ ˈɒkrɪɪt; -ˌeɪt /

adjective

  1. botany possessing an ocrea; sheathed
  2. ornithol another word for booted
“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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Origin of ocreate1

1820–30; < Latin dzٳܲ greaved, equivalent to ocre ( a ) greave ( ocrea ) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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Changed the last index reference for "Ligule" from 57 to 67; also the reference for "Ocreate."

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

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Ocreate, applied to the volva where it fits the lower part of the stem, as a stocking does the leg.

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