Ocrea

Word OCREA
Character 5
Hyphenation ‖O cre a
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Definitions and meanings of "Ocrea"

What do we mean by ocrea?

A sheath formed at the node of a stem by the fusion of two stipules, found in many plants of the family Polygonaceae, such as rhubarb. noun

In botany, a sheathing stipule, or a pair of stipules united into a sheath around the stem, like a legging or the leg of a boot; also sometimes, in mosses, the thin sheath around the seta, terminating the vaginula. noun

In zoology, a sheath; an investing part like or likened to an ocrea of a plant. Also, erroneously, ochrea. noun

See ochrea. noun

A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf. noun

A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf.

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The word "ocrea" in example sentences

Leaves simple, alternate, rarely opposite or whorled, petiolate or subsessile; stipules often united to a sheath (ocrea). ❋ Mukul (2010)

Tanini ib. — ImferB 'tor galeacus, paludatus ct ocrea* tU6 ft.d. clipco, f. baftae - Innixus. ❋ Unknown (1795)

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