genus corchorus

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1. widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dilleniid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	corchorus,
definition	:	any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family tiliaceae, linden family, tiliaceae,
definition	:	chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia (noun.plant)