ocrea

noun

oc·​rea

variants or ochrea

ˈäkrēə,

ˈōk-

plural ocreae or ochreae

-ēˌē

: a tubular sheath around the base of the petiole consisting of a single stipule in the red clover or of a pair of coherent stipules in the buckwheat family (Polygonaceae)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin ocrea greave, legging; perhaps akin to Latin ocris stony mountain

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