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Noun: ocrea  'ók-ree-u
  1. (botany) a tubular sheath formed by two stipules united around a stem, characteristic of plants in the buckwheat family
    "The botanist examined the ocrea of the knotweed specimen";
    - ochrea

Derived forms: ocreas

Encyclopedia: Ocrea