| 释义 |
ure·na
\yəˈrēnə\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Malayalam uren urena
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. -s
a. : any plant of the genus Urena (especially U. lobata)
b. or urena lo·ba·ta \-lōˈbād.ə, -bäd.ə\ : the cordage fiber derived from the urena (U. lobata) |