noun
widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia
• Syn: ↑Corchorus
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tiliaceae, ↑family Tiliaceae, ↑linden family
• Member Meronyms: ↑corchorus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.