Ocrea

• Title

  Ocrea

• Definition

  A structure formed of stipules fused into a sheath and surrounding the stem; i.e., a diagnostic character of the Polygonaceae; in palms, an extension of the leaf sheath beyond the petiole insertion, is a different kind of ligule.

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