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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OCHREA

O "chre *a, n.; pl. Ochreæe. Etym: [L.]

 

1. (Antiq.)

 

Defn: A greave or legging.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem.

 

OCHREATE; OCHREATED

OCHREATE; OCHREATED O "chre *ate, O "chre *a `ted, a.

 

1. Wearing or furnished with an ochrea or legging; wearing boots; booted. A scholar undertook. ..to address himself ochreated unto the vice chancellor. Fuller.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass.

 

Oxford Dictionary

ochrea

ochrea |ˈɒkrɪə | noun ( pl. ochreas or ochreae |ˈɒkrɪiː | ) Botany a dry sheath round a stem formed by the cohesion of two or more stipules, characteristic of the dock family. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin, literally protective legging .

 

Duden Dictionary

Ochrea

Och rea Substantiv, feminin Botanik , die |ˈoːkrea |die Ochrea; Genitiv: der Ochrea, Ochreae |[…eɛ ] |lateinisch-neulateinisch den Pflanzenstängel wie eine Manschette umhüllendes, tütenförmiges Nebenblatt