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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ocreate¹

1820–30; < Latin ocreātus greaved, equivalent to ocre ( a ) greave ( ocrea ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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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Changed the last index reference for "Ligule" from 57 to 67; also the reference for "Ocreate."

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Ocreate, furnished with Ocre (boots), or stipules in the form of sheaths, 67.

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