Corchorus

Cor´cho`rus    (kôr´kô`rŭs)

n.

1.

(Bot.) The common name of the Kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	corchorus - any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute genus Corchorus, Corchorus - widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
	2.	Corchorus - widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia genus Corchorus dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs family Tiliaceae, linden family, Tiliaceae - chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia corchorus - any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute