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CORCHORUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia

Synonyms:

Corchorus; genus Corchorus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

Sense 2

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)

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