Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Corchorus \Cor"cho*rus\ (k[^o]r"k[oal]*r[u^]s), n. [Nl., fr. L.
   corchorus a poor kind of pulse, Gr. ko`rchoros 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.