Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun corchorus

2 senses of corchorus

Sense 1
corchorus -- (any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute)
       => subshrub, suffrutex -- (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Sense 2
Corchorus, genus Corchorus -- (widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia)
       => dilleniid dicot genus -- (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)