urena

noun

ure·​na

yəˈrēnə

1

capitalized : a small genus of tropical herbs or shrubs (family Malvaceae) having small yellow flowers with five connate bracts, bearing fruit with hooked bristles, yielding a medicinal mucilaginous juice, and including a coarse weedy herb (U. lobata) sometimes cultivated for its fiber which is comparable to jute

2

plural -s

a

: any plant of the genus Urena (especially U. lobata)

b

or urena lobata

-lōˈbātə,

-bätə

: the cordage fiber derived from the urena (U. lobata)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Malayalam uren urena

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