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Webster 1913 Edition

(kôr′kō̍-rŭs)

Noun.

[Nl., fr. L.

corchorus

a poor kind of pulse, Gr.

κόρχοροσ

a wild plant of bitter taste.]

(Bot.)

The common name of the

Kerria Japonica

or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.

See also: Corchorus

corchorus ‎(plural corchoruses)