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Botanical sheath
Answer for the clue "Botanical sheath ", 6 letters:
ochrea
Word definitions for ochrea in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ochrea \O"chre*a\, n.; pl. Ochre[ae]e . [L.] (Antiq.) A greave or legging. (Bot.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context botany English) (alternative form of ocrea English) 2 (context historical English) A greave or legging.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An ochrea ( Latin ocrea , greave or protective legging), 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 ...