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Meaning of "ochrea" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OCHREA

From Latin ocrea greave, legging, of obscure origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF OCHREA

ˈɒkrɪə


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,, 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 · anterior · area · Austria · Bulgaria · career · carrier · criteria · exterior · gloria · interior · Liberia · maria · Nigeria · ocrea · rear · superior · Syria · Trinacria · victoria

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

TRANSLATOR

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.
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ochrea
1,325 millions of speakers
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ocrea
570 millions of speakers
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English

ochrea
510 millions of speakers
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ochrea
380 millions of speakers
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ochrea
280 millions of speakers
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ochrea
278 millions of speakers
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ócrea
270 millions of speakers
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ochrea
260 millions of speakers
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ochrea
220 millions of speakers
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Ochrea
190 millions of speakers
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Ochrea
180 millions of speakers
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ochrea
130 millions of speakers
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ochrea
85 millions of speakers
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Ochrea
85 millions of speakers
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ochrea
80 millions of speakers
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ochrea
75 millions of speakers
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ओच्रे
75 millions of speakers
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ochrea
70 millions of speakers
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ochrea
65 millions of speakers
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ochrea
50 millions of speakers
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ochrea
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ochrea
14 millions of speakers
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ochrea
10 millions of speakers
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Trends of use of ochrea

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OCHREA»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of ochrea
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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
2
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
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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
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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
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ochrea [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ochrea>. May 2024 ».
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