ocrea

American

[ok-ree-uh, oh-kree-uh] / ˈɒk ri ə, ˈoʊ kri ə /

noun

Botany, Zoology.

a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.

ocrea British

/ ˈɒkrɪə /

noun

a variant spelling of ochrea

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

ocreae

plural

Etymology

Origin of ocrea

1820–30; < Latin: greave, legging

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