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    GENUS CORCHORUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asiaplay

    Synonyms:

    Corchorus; genus Corchorus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Corchorus" is a kind of...):

    dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Corchorus"):

    corchorus (any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute)

    Holonyms ("genus 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)

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