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‖ corchorus Bot.|ˈkɔːkərəs|
[a. Gr. κόρχορος name of a plant mentioned by Theophrastus.]
1. An extensive genus of Tiliaceæ, some of the species of which yield jute.
2. A popular name of Kerria japonica (family Rosaceæ, Spiræidæ) of which the double-flowered variety is often trained as a wall plant for its profusion of yellow blossoms.
1759tr. Adanson's Voy. Senegal 118 Higher up, there were corchorus's, or Jew's mallows. 1816T. L. Peacock in Dowden Life Shelley I. 513 The front wall of the vicarage was covered with corchorus in full flower. |