Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Corchorus

Corchorus (kôr"ko*rus) , noun

[Nl., from Latin corchorus a poor kind of pulse, Greek ko`rchoros a wild plant of bitter taste.]

(Botany) The common name of the Kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.