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ochreae

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och⋅re⋅a

[ok-ree-uh]
–noun, plural -re⋅ae [-ree-ee] .
ocrea.

oc⋅re⋅a

[ok-ree-uh, oh-kree-uh]
–noun, plural oc⋅re⋅ae [ok-ree-ee, oh-kree-ee] . Botany, Zoology.
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
Also, ochrea.


Origin:
1820–30; < L: greave, legging
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