Corchorus

noun

Cor·​cho·​rus

ˈkȯ(r)kərəs

: a widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or undershrubs (family Tiliaceae) having large leaves and yellow flowers in cymose clusters

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, a kind of pulse, from Greek korchoros, a kind of pimpernel (Anagallis)

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