Definition of Ochreae

1. ochrea [n] - See also: ochrea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ochreae

ochlocrats
ochlophobia
ochlophobias
ochna family
ochone
ochophobia
ochraceous
ochratoxin
ochratoxin A hydroxylase
ochratoxins
ochre
ochre codon
ochre mutation
ochre suppressor
ochrea
ochreae (current term)
ochreas
ochreate
ochreated
ochred
ochreish
ochreous
ochres
ochrey
ochring
ochrodermia
ochroid
ochroleucous
ochrometer
ochronosis

Literary usage of Ochreae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of the Flora of Jackson County, Missouri by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie, Benjamin Franklin Bush (1902)
"P. punctatum Ell. Annual or perennial, l°-4° high, smooth : leaves lanceolate, punctate : ochreae fringed with long bristles: spikes erect, loosely flowered ..."

2. Weeds of the North Central States edited by Lloyd M. Wax, Richard S. Fawcett, Duane Isely (1999)
"Stems encircled by short membranous sheaths (ochreae) just above the ... Flowers bright rose or pink; stem sheaths (ochreae) smooth or torn at the top; ..."

3. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of Their Phanerogams and by William Hillebrand (1888)
"Umbel compound, large, 8—10-rayed, open, the spreading rays 3—6' long, with obliquely truncate ochreae, naked below, the larger ones emitting at nearly the ..."

4. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"The ochreae exhibit mechanical strengthening in a certain number of the species only ; it may take ... Palisade-tissue has not been observed in the ochreae. ..."

5. Supplement to the English Botany of the Late Sir J. E. Smith and Mr. Sowerby by William Jackson Hooker, William Borrer, James Sowerby (1843)
"From P. minus it differs by its funnel-shaped, not adpressed ochreae, thickened spikes, ... ochreae funnel-shaped, clothed with a few adpressed hairs, ..."

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