The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Corchorus \Cor"cho*rus\ (k[^o]r"k[-o]*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.
   [1913 Webster] Corcle

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

corchorus
    n 1: any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large
         leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of
         jute
    2: widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs;
       especially Asia [syn: Corchorus, genus Corchorus]