Corchorus [
'kɔ:kəurʌs]
[医] 黄麻属
corchorus[ noun ]- 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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- widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia
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Corchorus \Cor"cho*rus\ (k[^o]r"k[-o]*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.