corchorus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute
  2. noun widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia
    genus Corchorus.

WordNet

Cor"cho*rus noun
Etymology
Nl., fr. L. corchorus a poor kind of pulse, Gr. ko`rchoros a wild plant of bitter taste.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The common name of the kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.

Webster 1913