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What is an ocrea?

What is an ocrea? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (botany) A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf.
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Two to four flowers emerge from the ocrea.
For weeds in the Smartweed family, like Lady's-thumb and buckwheat, you need to be able to see the ocrea, which is a sheath of tissue where the leaf connects to the stalk.
Part of stem and leaf of Prince's-Feather with the united sheathing stipules forming a sheath or ocrea.

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