CORCHORUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Corchorus mean? 

• CORCHORUS (noun)
  The noun CORCHORUS has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: CORCHORUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORCHORUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("corchorus" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("corchorus" is a member of...):

Corchorus; genus Corchorus (widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Corchorus; genus Corchorus

Hypernyms ("Corchorus" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Corchorus"):

corchorus (any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute)

Holonyms ("Corchorus" is a member of...):

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)