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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OCHREA

From Latin ocrea greave, legging, of obscure origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OCHREA

ochrea  [ˈɒkrɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OCHREA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ochrea is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OCHREA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ochrea

Ochrea

Ochrea,, also spelled ocrea, is a plant structure formed of stipules fused into a sheath surrounding the stem, and is typically found in the Polygonaceae. In palms it denotes an extension of the leaf sheath beyond the petiole insertion.

Definition of ochrea in the English dictionary

The definition of ochrea in the dictionary is a cup-shaped structure that sheathes the stems of certain plants, formed from united stipules or leaf bases.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OCHREA


Algeria
ælˈdʒɪərɪə
anterior
ænˈtɪərɪə
area
ˈɛərɪə
Austria
ˈɒstrɪə
Bulgaria
bʌlˈɡɛərɪə
career
kəˈrɪə
carrier
ˈkærɪə
criteria
kraɪˈtɪərɪə
exterior
ɪkˈstɪərɪə
gloria
ˈɡlɔːrɪə
interior
ɪnˈtɪərɪə
Liberia
laɪˈbɪərɪə
maria
ˈmɑːrɪə
Nigeria
naɪˈdʒɪərɪə
ocrea
ˈɒkrɪə
rear
rɪə
superior
suːˈpɪərɪə
Syria
ˈsɪrɪə
Trinacria
trɪˈneɪkrɪə
victoria
vɪkˈtɔːrɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OCHREA

ochidore
ochlocracies
ochlocracy
ochlocrat
ochlocratic
ochlocratical
ochlocratically
ochlophobia
ochlophobiac
ochlophobic
ochone
ochraceous
ochre
ochreae
ochreous
ochrey
ochroid
ochroleucous
ochrous
ochry

WORDS THAT END LIKE OCHREA

conservation area
correa
Cytherea
dining area
Eritrea
floor area
Korea
no-go area
North Korea
Perea
reception area
recreation area
safe area
service area
South Korea
surface area
technical area
urban area
urea
work area

Synonyms and antonyms of ochrea in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ochrea» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OCHREA

Find out the translation of ochrea to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ochrea from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ochrea» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ochrea
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ocrea
570 millions of speakers

English

ochrea
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ochrea
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ochrea
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ochrea
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ócrea
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ochrea
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ochrea
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ochrea
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ochrea
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ochrea
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ochrea
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ochrea
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

ochrea
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ochrea
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओच्रे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ochrea
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ochrea
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ochrea
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ochrea
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ochrea
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ochrea
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

ochrea
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

ochrea
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ochrea
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ochrea

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OCHREA»

The term «ochrea» is used very little and occupies the 181.408 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OCHREA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ochrea» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ochrea» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ochrea

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OCHREA»

Discover the use of ochrea in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ochrea and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wetland Plants of Queensland: A Field Guide
... thick and opaque O. ovalifolia (page 37) Key to the Persicaria species occurring in Queensland wetlands (Polygonaceae) 1a Ochrea with a ring of stiff retrorse bristles at base 2 Ib Ochrea glabrous or with scattered hairs or bristles 3 2a Stem ...
K. M. Stephens, Ralph M. Dowling, 2002
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Buckwheat, Fagopyrum Esculentum Moench
... smaller and three larger: the lower small perianths have greenish stripes 8 7 perennial with well-developed roots F. statice 7* annual with a poor root system 9 8 ochrea is green and not transparent F. urophyllum 8* ochrea is transparent with  ...
Clayton Garnet Campbell, 1997
3
Flora of the British West Indian Islands
Flowers apctalous : calyx usually eorolline. Stamens definite, perigynous. Ovary reduced, 1-oellcd : ovule single, basilar, atropous ; styles 2-8 (-4). Endosperm amylaceous. — Leaves entire: stipular sheaths (ochrea) above the swollen joints of ...
A. H. R. Grisebach, 1864
4
Lepidopterorum Catalogus
... Edwards Axenus ochraceus Bethune-Baker Dissolophus; (Callopistria) ochrago Esper Phalaena Noctua; (Xanthia) ochrargyra Mabille Euplexia; ( Nyodes) ochrea Barnes and McDunnough Aleptinoides ochrea Grote Drasteria erichtea form; ...
Poole, 1989
5
Flora Of Kuwait
Leaves minute, inconspicuous, subulate, adnate to the ochrea, c. 0.8 mm long, 0.3 mm wide, sessile, soon deciduous; ochrea short, bilobed, membranous. Flowers small, perfect, axillary, single or few in clusters along the slender, green  ...
Daoud,, 2013
6
Handbook of Excursion Flora of the Gangetic Plains and ...
P. flaccidum Meissn. Erect annual, to 80 cm long. Stem brownish-green, slender, glabrous. L. lanceolate, entire, acuminate. to 7.5 cm long, strigose; ochrea long ciliate, strigose outside. Fls. pink, in racemes; br. distant. Styles 3. Nut trigonous.
M. N. Sanyal, 1991
7
Journal of Botany: British and Foreign
Here the ochrea is very short and bract-like, dark coloured, with oblique mouth. CARICES : Heterostachya. (In all the following species the ochrea is long.) Carex hirta. — The ochrea on the peduncles of the lowest female spike is nearly half ...
Berthold Seemann, 1885
8
The Trees of Sonora, Mexico
The stipule, unique among the trees in Sonora and called an ochrea, is a tubular sheath that forms a cap enclosing the developing bud. On its inner surface, especially toward the base, are numerous minute hairs that secrete mucilage which ...
Tucson Richard Stephen Felger Executive Director Drylands Institute, AZ, University of Arizona Matthew Brian Johnson Program Manager and Curator Desert Legume Program, Tucson Michael Francis Wilson Research Director Drylands Institute, AZ, 2001
9
100 Families of Flowering Plants
Leaves usually alternate, simple, with stipules usually united into a sheath ( ochrea) clasping the stem above the leaf-base, a characteristic feature of the family. Inflorescence primarily racemose, but partial inflorescences usually cymose.
Michael Hickey, Clive King, 1988
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Apocynaceae
Leaves lanceolate; petioles short, less than -5 in. long: — Limb of ochrea truncate , ciliate, erect tomentosum. Limb of ochrea scabrid, ciliate, spreading or recurved. ..¡¡mbatum. Bracts densely woolly lanigcrum. Bracts glabrous : — §Bracts not ...
David Prain, 1963

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