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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 Asia
Synonyms:
Corchorus; genus Corchorus
Classified under:
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)