Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun False spellings of ocrea, ocreate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Antiq.) A greave or legging.
- noun (Bot.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany Alternative form of
ocrea . - noun historical A
greave orlegging .
Etymologies
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Latin
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The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules is called the stipulation. free adnate: fused to the petiole base ochreate: provided with ochrea, or sheath-formed stipules, e.g. rhubarb, encircling the petiole base interpetiolar: between the petioles of two opposite leaves. intrapetiolar: between the petiole and the subtending stem
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