Jute

UK: 'jute', 'Jute': /ˈdʒuːt/ US: /dʒut/ ,( jo̅o̅t)

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jute /dʒut/   n. [uncountable]

1. Plant Biology, Textiles a strong, rough, coarse fiber used for making burlap, gunny, cordage, etc.
2. Plant Biology a plant of the linden family from which this fiber is made.

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jute  ( jo̅o̅t), n. 

1. Plant Biology, Textiles a strong, coarse fiber used for making burlap, gunny, cordage, etc., obtained from two East Indian plants, Corchorus capsularis and C. olitorius, of the linden family.
2. Plant Biology either of these plants.
3. Plant Biology any plant of the same genus.

• Bengali jhuṭo
• 1740–50

jute′like′, adj. 

Jute  ( jo̅o̅t), n. 

1. Language Varieties, Ancient History a member of a continental Germanic tribe, probably from Jutland, that invaded Britain in the 5th century a.d. and settled in Kent.

Jut′ish, adj. 

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jute / dʒuːt/ noun

1. either of two Old World tropical yellow-flowered herbaceous plants, Corchorus capsularis or C. olitorius, cultivated for their strong fibre: family Tiliaceae
2. this fibre, used in making sacks, rope, etc

Etymology: 18th Century: from Bengali jhuto, from Sanskrit jūta braid of hair, matted hair