With stipules united, enclosing the stem in a sheath.
[Greek] With stipules united, enclosing the stem in a sheath (bot.).
si-nok'r[=e]-[=a]t, adj. (bot.) uniting together on the opposite side of the stem from the leaf, and enclosing the stem in a sheath--of stipules. [Gr. syn, with, and ocreate.]