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Definition of Ocrea
1. n. See Ochrea.
Definition of Ocrea
1. Noun. (botany) A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ocrea
1. a sheathing plant part [n -REAE]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ocrea
Literary usage of Ocrea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United by George Edward Cokayne (1889)
"These, in 1883, consisted of 4500 ocrea in Oxon, 900 in Bucks, 810 in со.
Leicester, 300 in со. Stafford, and 230 in со. Warwick. Total 6740 acres valued at ..."
2. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1851)
"A fever whose paroxysms recur every week. A supposititious case. ocrea, Hippocampus
minor, Shin. OCTA'RIUS. The eighth part of a wine-gal- gallon. ..."
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