corchorus

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Noun	1.	corchorus - any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute genus Corchorus, Corchorus - widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
	2.	Corchorus - widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia genus Corchorus dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs 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 corchorus - any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute

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Commonly referred to as jute plant, it is known as molehiya in North Cyprus, Turkey, and Philippines, moroheiya in Japan (1), Jew's mallow in Hebrew, and bush okra in Nigeria and other West African countries (2).

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