ochrea

American

[ok-ree-uh] / ˈɒk ri ə /

noun

plural

ochreae

ocrea.

ochrea British

/ ˈɒkrɪə /

noun

a cup-shaped structure that sheathes the stems of certain plants, formed from united stipules or leaf bases

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Etymology

Origin of ochrea

C19: from Latin ocrea greave, legging, of obscure origin

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The difficult nature of ochreæ of Polygoneæ is certainly to be acknowledged, but they are similar to those of Costus, and hence not stipulæ, but an extension of the margin of the vaginate petiole, from which veins are prolonged into it; the functions of these are not stomatose, since they are membranous, the veins being the only green parts.

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