Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Corchorus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corchorus \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
corchorus
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large
leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source
of jute
2: widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs;
especially Asia [syn: {Corchorus}, {genus Corchorus}]
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