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urena

[ yoo-ree-nuh ]

noun

  1. any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of urena1

< New Latin, probably < Malayalam uṛiñña name for various vitaceous or sapindaceous plants
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Example Sentences

Cynoglossum, Callicarpa, Urena, Rottlera and several other low tropical forms continue.

It was with the utmost difficulty that the count de Urena could bring off a remnant of his forces from that disastrous height.

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