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ocrea

ocrea 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

ocrea (plural ocreas or ocreae)

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

Forms of ocrea

pluralocreas
pluralocreae
alternative formochrea

Origin of ocrea

From Latin ocrea (“greave, legging”).

Questions about ocrea

What does ocrea mean?
Ocrea means a sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf.
What part of speech is ocrea?
Ocrea is a noun.
What is the plural of ocrea?
The plural of ocrea is ocreas.

Words near ocrea in the dictionary

  1. Ocracoker
  2. Ocracokers
  3. ocracy
  4. ocras
  5. ocre
  6. ocrea
  7. ocreaceous
  8. ocreae
  9. ocreal
  10. ocreas
  11. ocreate

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