1. Having or bearing an ocrea; sheathed by a tubular stipule or leaf base.
Usage: botany; technical

Examples

• The ocreate stems of the buckwheat plant are distinctive in botanical identification.
• Botanists noted the ocreate structure formed by the fused stipules.
• The ocreate leaf bases wrapped around the stem like a sheath.
• In the herbarium, the ocreate character helped classify the specimen.