Meaning of CORCHORUS
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- [n] widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia
- [n] any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Corchorus |
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| | See Also: | | corchorus, dilleniid dicot genus, family Tiliaceae, linden family, subshrub, suffrutex, Tiliaceae | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cor"cho*rus\ (k[^o]r"k[oal]*r[u^]s), n. [Nl., fr. L.
corchorus a poor kind of pulse, Gr. ko`rchoros a wild plant
of bitter taste.] (Bot.)
The common name of the {Kerria Japonica} or Japan
globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant,
seen in old-fashioned gardens.
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