yəˈrēnə noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Malayalam uren urena
1. capitalized : a small genus of tropical herbs or shrubs (family Malvaceae) having small yellow flowers with five connate bracts, bearing fruit with hooked bristles, yielding a medicinal mucilaginous juice, and including a coarse weedy herb ( U. lobata ) sometimes cultivated for its fiber which is comparable to jute
2. -s
a. : any plant of the genus Urena (especially U. lobata )
b. or urena lo·ba·ta -lōˈbād.ə, -bäd.ə : the cordage fiber derived from the urena ( U. lobata )